Lugar's resolution prodding the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to pursue the free trade agreement is expected to attract support from Democratic party senators, congressional sources said.
Lugar's resolution prodding the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to pursue the free trade agreement is expected to attract support from Democratic party senators, congressional sources said.
Lugar's resolution prodding the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to pursue the free trade agreement is expected to attract support from Democratic party senators, congressional sources said.
It looks like the bus carrying the 2008 Obama for President campaign staff made its last stop and dropped its occupants off at the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
Two of the agencies, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), have established specific positions overseas that have IP protection and enforcement as their primary mission, and two other agencies, Office of the United States Trade Representatives (USTR) and Department of State (State), have staff members in Geneva who specialize in IP protection.
The event, put on by the American Chamber of Commerce, featured speakers from the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry.
The legislation grants authority to the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint up to nine members to the committee which "shall include representatives of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the Department of Commerce, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and such representatives of the insurance industry, consumer groups, and other organizations as the Secretary determines are appropriate.
