USTR Officials to Lobby Domestic Traders This Week, as Froman Heads to Europe
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Robert Holleyman will deliver remarks to the American Association of Exporters and Importers Annual Conference in Arlington, Virginia, on June 1, the Office of the USTR said in its weekly schedule. The next day, USTR Froman will travel to Germany to partake in a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership forum with European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom. EU lawmakers on May 28 released their prescriptions for a final TTIP pact.
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USTR General Counsel Timothy Reif will also on June 2 participate in a hearing on the labor dispute between the U.S. and Guatemala in Guatemala City. USTR asked for stakeholder comments in January on the dispute, after railing against Guatemala failure to live up to labor standards in the Central American Free Trade Agreement (see 1501230021). Guatemala later rejected the U.S. claims (see 1502060019).
Chief USTR agriculture negotiator, Darci Vetter, will then speak to a National Pork Producers Council event in Des Moines, Iowa on June 3. The following day, Froman will top off USTR’s public events for the week by attending an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ministerial meeting in Paris, France.