Via Bernama
US Trade Representative, Michael Froman, expressed confidence on Thursday that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade talks will reach a conclusion by the end of this year after the entry of Japan, Japan's Jiji Press reported.
Asked if Japan's participation in the TPP talks may cause a delay in negotiations, Froman said in testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee: "We had...
Read MoreUS Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday he aims for completion of a huge trans-Pacific trade deal in 2013, as he outlined efforts to embrace Asia and broaden global prosperity.
Biden, who embarks early next week on an official visit to India and Singapore, said the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that would encompass 40 percent of the world's economy will be the perfect vehicle for...
Read MoreVia Reuters
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman urged India on Thursday to reverse course on policies that he said discriminated against American companies and were fraying relations between the world's two largest democracies.
"Let me stress that as a friend of India and one of the caretakers of our economic relationship, I am concerned about the investment and innovation environment in India...
Read MoreBy Nancy J Powell
On July 12, the United States of America will host the US-India CEO Forum. This annual meeting of government and industry was launched by President George W Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2005 and is designed to enhance bilateral trade and strengthen economic cooperation between our companies and our people. We look to the forum to develop new approaches in enhancing the economic...
Read MoreThe Honorable Chairman Lee Terry and the Honorable Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky
Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
Committee on Energy and Commerce
U.S. House of Representatives
2125 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Chairman Terry and Ranking Member Schakowsky,
I write today on behalf of the Trade Alliance to Promote...
Read MoreBy Patrick Rosenstiel for Scranton Times-Tribune
As Secretary of State John Kerry travels to India this month to represent U.S. interests at the 4th Indo-U.S. Strategic Dialogue, I echo Sen. Bob Casey's recent statement...
Read MoreBilateral trade surged to about $500 billion last year, from $267.6 billion in 2006.
The fifth round of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue will be held in Washington, D.C., on July 10 and 11. It is another important step forward taken by the two governments in their efforts to build a new model of major-country relationship after President Xi Jinping and President...
Read MoreVia China Daily
China is becoming "positive" about the possibility of seeking entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but it will be some time before any decision is reached, according to sources in the Ministry of Commerce.
"China is still doing its research" on the regional trade agreement, one source close to the matter told China Daily on condition of anonymity. The government has reached a...
Read MoreTerry trade work appreciated
U.S. Rep. Lee Terry deserves a great deal of credit for chairing last week’s hearing on Capitol Hill, “A Tangle of Trade Barriers: How India’s Industrial Policy Is Hurting U.S. Companies.” It was perhaps the most important public conversation to date concerning India’s recent, egregious intellectual property violations.
The United States and India have...
Read MoreThe Honorable Chairman Lee Terry and the Honorable Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky
Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
Committee on Energy and Commerce
U.S. House of Representatives
2125 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Chairman Terry and Ranking Member Schakowsky,
I write today on behalf of the Trade Alliance to Promote...
Read MoreBy Patrick Rosenstiel
As Secretary of State John Kerry travels to India this month to represent U.S. interests at the 4th Indo-U.S. Strategic Dialogue, I echo Sen. Bob Casey's recent statement urging Mr. Kerry to confront the government of India on its egregious intellectual property violations. As we negotiate bilateral and multilateral trade agreements around the globe, a top priority must be protecting the...
Read MoreVia Global Intellectual Property Center
WASHINGTON -- As we negotiate bilateral and multilateral trade agreements around the globe, our top priority must be protecting the intellectual property rights of North American companies. This goes for patents for life-saving cancer medications as well as creative copyrights for movie productions.
India is the latest example of the international erosion of intellectual property rights...
Read MoreWASHINGTON -- As we negotiate bilateral and multilateral trade agreements around the globe, our top priority must be protecting the intellectual property rights of North American companies. This goes for patents for life-saving cancer medications as well as creative copyrights for movie productions.
India is the latest example of the international erosion of intellectual property rights...
Read MoreMay 23, 2013
The Honorable Chairman Max Baucus
Finance Committee
United States Senate
511 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Dear Chairman Baucus:
As the Trans-Pacific Partnership, “fast-track” trade authority, and the proposed U.S.-EU trade pact take center stage in Congress, we urge members and the administration to embrace protocols that...
Read MoreVia NASDAQ
TOKYO--Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday that his country will take a seat at the negotiation table of the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, a move that may pit him against powerful farm lobbies ahead of upper house elections.
"This is our last chance to join the TPP and take part in the rule-making," Mr. Abe told reporters Friday at a press...
Read MoreVia Grand Forks Herald
WASHINGTON — As the dust settles from the narrowly averted fiscal cliff crisis and the newly-elected 113th Congress is sworn in, I urge freshman policy makers such as Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., to pay close attention to what could potentially be the most significant foreign and domestic policy initiative of this administration: the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP.
Decisions that could...
Read MoreTerry trade work appreciated
U.S. Rep. Lee Terry deserves a great deal of credit for chairing last week’s hearing on Capitol Hill, “A Tangle of Trade Barriers: How India’s Industrial Policy Is Hurting U.S. Companies.” It was perhaps the most important public conversation to date concerning India’s recent, egregious intellectual property violations.
The United...
Read MoreFor Immediate Release
Friday, March 8, 2013
Contact Torin Kelly at 952-201-3483
The Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity (TAPP), an advocate for global cooperation and economic development through free trade, urges global policymakers to take a closer look at the facts about re-shoring in America as opponents ramp up “off-shoring” rhetoric in reaction to the agreement between...
Read MoreVia Forbes
By Rep. Jon Porter
Every time the U.S. negotiates a new trade deal, it seems that there is an enormous amount of misinformation generated by all sides of the debate in an attempt to frame the issue in the narrowest terms, portraying it as either a panacea or the end of the world.
The fact of the matter is that trade is a complex and nuanced issue that can’t readily be broken down into sound bites. No side...
Read MoreBy Curt Thacker and Bill Tomson
Japan has agreed to let more U.S. beef into the country for sale in a further easing of restrictions that stemmed from the first U.S. case of mad-cow disease a decade ago.
U.S. officials confirmed Monday that Japan will now allow imports of beef from cattle less than 30 months of age, compared with the current limit of 20 months. U.S. trade officials said the change is expected to boost...
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