For the past two years, many of us have been wondering what role trade plays in the Obama Administration’s overall economic and foreign policy.  While the Administration has been hesitant on the issue, American businesses, farmers, and ranchers are falling behind as other countries move forward without us, costing valuable customers – and jobs.  American workers are the most productive in… Read more

 “… [W]e finalized a trade agreement with South Korea that will support at least 70,000 American jobs – a deal that has unprecedented support from business and labor; Democrats and Republicans.  That’s the kind of deal I’ll be looking for as we pursue trade agreements with Panama and Columbia [sic] and work to bring Russia into the international… Read more

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today announced that the Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing on the status of President Barack Obama’s trade policy agenda.  The hearing will take place on Wednesday, February 9, 2011, in 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 10:00 A.M. In view of the limited time available to hear the witness, oral… Read more

Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today delivered opening remarks at the Committee on Ways and Means Hearing on Pending Free Trade Agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea and the Creation of U.S. Jobs.  Below are excerpts, followed by the full remarks. Free Trade Agreements as Job Creators “This deadline [consider all three agreements in the next six… Read more

There has been a lot of speculation that trade may be one area where bipartisanship can carry the day.  I think that is right:  this is an area in which Republicans and Democrats should be able to work together to create thousands of good-paying American jobs.  I hope that the President is serious about moving a more ambitious trade agenda forward, because, as I’ve been saying for several… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement on Tuesday evening in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address: “Although the President hit some positive notes in his speech, I was disappointed he didn’t go further.  While reaching out to Republicans on taxes, trade and health care, we needed more than a few token gestures… Read more

HEARING ON THE PENDING FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH COLUMBIA, PANAMA, AND SOUTH KOREA AND THE CREATION OF U.S. JOBS     HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION __________________ January 25, 2011 ____________________ SERIAL 112-02 ____________________ Printed for the use of… Read more

  HEARING ON THE PENDING FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH COLOMBIA, PANAMA, AND SOUTH KOREA AND THE CREATION OF U.S. JOBS _______________________________________________ HEARING … Read more

Much has been written about Bill Daley's selection as White House chief of staff, a position sometimes called "Chief Javelin Catcher" (a title whose accuracy one of us strongly affirms). Most agree that Mr. Daley is the perfect choice to help President Obama set a new tone for his presidency. He is a moderate, strongly rooted in Democratic principles and politics. Though he comes from the… Read more

Today, Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released a report updating the analysis done by the Ways and Means and Agriculture Committees on May 10, 2010.  This new report draws on a recently released report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture showing that the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement has helped make Peru “the fastest growing market in South America for the United States.” … Read more