USTR Says Budget Request Gives Bang for Buck, Urges GSP & ATPA Renewal

April 6, 2011 by Barbara Chaves|Other U.S.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has posted the April 5, 2011 statement by USTR Kirk before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies. Kirk states that the President’s FY 2012 budget for USTR will have "significant bang for the buck" as USTR is negotiating high standard, job creating agreements, working to achieve the President’s goal of doubling exports by the end of 2014, and opening markets to U.S. products. He added that U.S. preference programs, the Generalized System of Preferences and the Andean Trade Preferences Act, merit renewal for as long as possible.