Washington DC- Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released to the following statements in response to President Obama’s call for increasing exports of American goods: Rep. Camp statement: “As for trade, actions speak louder than words.  Over the past year, this Administration and Democrats in Congress have done little to… Read more

Ways & Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Representative Dan Boren (D-OK) today sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, asking him to confirm that the Administration is monitoring comprehensively the economy-wide effects of the recently imposed tariffs on tire imports from China. Brady stated: “I am concerned that the… Read more

While the White House keeps changing their job-calculation methods in a desperate effort to claim their so-called stimulus bill is working, Americans are still asking: Where are the jobs? Facts are facts. Last year, the Obama administration and congressional Democrats spent nearly $1 trillion we don’t have on a misguided, wasteful and ineffective stimulus package. At the time, Democrats… Read more

Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Sander Levin (D-MI) today joined Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) in sending a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, expressing frustration with Taiwan’s undoing of an October 2009 bilateral protocol regarding market access for U.S. beef and beef product exports… Read more

Madame Speaker, let me be blunt: we should be and can be doing much more to advance our trade agenda and create much needed jobs for American workers.  This year, America’s trade agenda has stalled, and it has had a chilling effect on our economy and on global commerce – in some cases even weakening our national security interests.  The delay in considering the Colombia Trade… Read more

Washington, DC - Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) today issued the following statement on the upcoming third anniversary of the signing of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement this Sunday, November 22: Congressman Dave Camp said, “The President rightly said recently that increasing exports creates well-paying jobs without… Read more

The South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement should be ratified, and soon, because of the initialing last month of a similar agreement between South Korea and the European Union. The EU-Korean free-trade agreement hasn't yet been formally signed or ratified, but it will be. Americans have their own agreement already in our pockets. It was signed on June 30, 2007. It awaits ratification,… Read more

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  International trade is a powerful engine for economic growth and job creation, as our experience here at home demonstrates.  One out of every five American jobs depends on trade, and as Ambassador Kirk notes, jobs supported by exports pay higher wages than other jobs.  For that reason, I commend you for holding this hearing.  The global economic downturn has hurt… Read more

Today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement in response to the President’s announcement that the United States will participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations: Camp:  “I am pleased that the United States will finally begin participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership… Read more

Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Representatives Charles Boustany (R-LA), David Dreier (R-CA), Wally Herger (R-CA) and Dave Reichert (R-WA) commented on the "Buy American" obligations in the stimulus, which appear to be having a clogging, rather than priming, effect on U.S. economic recovery: “In this economy, where every job matters, it’s essential… Read more