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Nominee for U.S. ambassador to WTO says he will push for reform and digital-trade commitments
Summary
Joe Barloon, President Trump's nominee for deputy U.S. trade representative and ambassador to the World Trade Organization, told the Senate Finance Committee he supports using WTO dispute settlement as a tool for U.S. exporters while urging reforms; senators pressed him on China, digital trade and past private-sector work for Temasek Holdings.
Joe Barloon told the Senate Finance Committee that, if confirmed as deputy U.S. trade representative and ambassador to the World Trade Organization, he would work to restore U.S. leadership at the WTO, pursue cases where appropriate to expand market access for U.S. agriculture and businesses, and press for reforms to the organization’s dispute-settlement system.
“Most definitely, I will do so,” Barloon said when asked by Chairman Mike Crapo whether he would support pursuing offensive WTO cases to benefit U.S. farmers. Barloon, who previously served as general counsel at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and as acting deputy USTR from 2019 to…
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