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
meeting movement successful toward
For the first time, I see real movement toward having a successful meeting in Hong Kong.
bear eu forward responsibility step time
It is time for the EU to step forward (with an offer) or bear the responsibility for derailing the Doha Round.
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The TV ads have been coming hot and heavy in Ohio. I think the Obama campaign has outspent the Romney campaign by two-to-one or three-to-one, depending on the analysis you look at. People are tired of the attacks already, and here we are in July.
willing
The US is willing to take some pain,
certainly looks market nobody stock
You could have another downgrade. You could certainly have a stock market reaction that would be negative. And, I think nobody who looks at it objectively would want to happen.
canadian confirm counter duties imposed properly trade
The findings confirm that U.S. duties on Canadian lumber to counter were properly imposed under international trade rules,
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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.
beyond july likely parameters risk
The legislation that establishes the parameters for our negotiators is likely to be controversial again, so it's a risk to take it beyond the July 2007 date.
america
It's not about sizzle for me. I think it's fine. I mean, America made a decision in 2008 to go with a president who did have sizzle.
giving opportunity
I'm not giving up, ... We only have this opportunity once a generation.
both framework trying whether
We still do not know whether we would be able to have the framework we had hoped. We are both trying to do everything to get there,
believe solution
We still believe that a negotiated solution is possible. But one way or another, the subsidies need to end.
strong hurt rejection
With the strong bipartisan rejection of the Dorgan amendment today, the Senate cast a vote in favor of the U.S. working to knock down unfair trade barriers that hurt American business and farmers