"Government-authorised piracy would undermine chances for a settlement, " said a spokeswoman for the US Trade Representative's office.
If the Senate approves the agreement by the end of the year, as expected, 80% of U.S. exports of consumer and industrial goods and 90% of agricultural exports to Peru will immediately become duty-free, according to the U.S. trade representative's (USTR) office.
Editor's note: This is a cross post from the Office of the United States Trade Representative's blog.
Previously, Mr. Weiss served as a senior negotiator on regulatory, standards and conformance matters in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR).
According to the Office of the United States Trade Representative in Mexico, trade there is up 377 percent since 1993 ( t he North American Free Trade Agreement began Jan. 1, 1994).
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Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, established the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA), consisting of representatives of the Departments of State, the Treasury, Commerce, and Labor, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the representative of the Department of Commerce as Chairman, to supervise the implementation of textile trade agreements.
The office of the U.S. Trade Representative has declined to comment on pending legislation.
Last Friday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced it was launching an investigation into Chinese subsidies of green energy.
For perspective, although they are only part of the calculus, here are some statistics from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Even the office of the U.S. Trade representative will only confirm that Google has met with USTR officials to discuss the matter.
Additional posts in Washington include: Assistant Office Director for Thailand and Burma in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1994-1996), and Director for Southeast Asian Affairs at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (1992-1994).
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Acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis on Wednesday became the latest in a succession of U.S. officials to visit Myanmar, showing "the United States' support for development and desire to deepen economic engagement between our two countries, " according to a statement from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
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