Rob Portman
Rob Portman
Robert Jones "Rob" Portmanis an American lawyer and the junior United States Senator from Ohio, in office since 2011. Previously he served as a congressman, as the 14th United States Trade Representative and as the 35th Director of the Office of Management and Budget...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 December 1955
CountryUnited States of America
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Despite three consecutive years of growing U.S. exports to China, our bilateral trade relationship with China today lacks equity, durability and balance in the opportunities it provides. The time has come to readjust our trade policy with respect to China.
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This is his solution: He said all we need to do is take your tax dollars, send them to Washington, have Washington take out its cut, having Washington then send it back to the states, have the states then go out and hire public employees. Does that make sense to you? Is that how to get the economy moving?
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People vote for the president, not the vice president. I think sometimes people that are in the veepstakes talk too much about this and certainly the media does. I don't think that it's that important.
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In an increasingly integrated global market place we cannot afford to do anything other than be very aggressive in terms of market opening.
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For the first time, I see real movement toward having a successful meeting in Hong Kong.
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Malaysia has been at the forefront of the economic dynamism transforming Asia in recent years. This FTA would be the third we are negotiating in the economically vibrant and strategically important Southeast Asia region.
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This past year has been very turbulent for the Middle East, and my conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu strengthened my belief that we need to remain vigilant in our support of our critical ally.
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An agreement with Peru is a key building block in our strategy to advance free trade within our hemisphere. We hope to later bring in the other Andean countries including Colombia and Ecuador.
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The German position is obviously going to be part of an overall EU position, in that they negotiate through the commission and not the member states, but it will take into account their own economic interests and Germany is the second largest exporter of manufactured products in the world.
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The timing of these exercises ought not to be dictated by political concerns. We do not think this is something aggressive but appropriate...The issue has become ripe.
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We've got some heavy lifting over the next three months,
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We ought to go out and find someone who has re-engineered, in my view, a major and complex organization from the private sector. I hope someone like that would be willing to step forward and take on this task.
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We welcome the progress made today and will continue to press for additional steps to promote greater equity, durability and balance in the US-China trade relationship.