USTR to Join TiSA, CITES Talks as Froman Sells TPP in Washington
U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization, Michael Punke, will participate in an Oct. 13 meeting with WTO counterparts on the Trade in Services Agreement, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said in its weekly schedule. Later that day,…
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Punke will meet in Geneva with Secretary General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Secretariat, John Scanlon. On Oct. 14, USTR Michael Froman will join a presidential advisory council on African trade opportunities. The same day, Froman will meet with members of the trade advisory committees, and later Froman will deliver a speech on the Trans-Pacific Partnership to the New Democrat Network. Also on Oct. 14, Deputy USTR Robert Holleyman will give remarks to an International Cablemakers Federation meeting on the Obama administration’s trade agenda. To wrap up the week, Froman will speak at a National Foreign Trade Council event.