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The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing about confirmation of the president’s nomination of Rob Portman to be the director of the Office of Management and Budget. He talked about the stat…

President Bush announced the nomination of Mr. Portman as director of the Office of Management and Budget and Ms. Schwab as U.S. Trade Representative. In response to questions after the a…

The leaders of the U.S. and the Chinese delegations to the annual Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) spoke to reporters. Among the issues they addressed were enforcement of intell…

United States Trade Representative Rob Portman and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns briefed reporters on the World Trade meeting in Hong Kong.

Three panels of witnesses testified about the state of agricultural negotiations in multi-year global trade talks named the “Doha Development Round” for Doha, Qatar, where the current series…

A portion of a news conference held by Republican leaders on the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Bill was shown.

Mr. Portman and other talked to reporters outside the White House about a meeting on congressional consideration of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement and their effo…

U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman spoke to Hispanic leaders about the Central American Free Trade Agreement, the potential impact on the U.S. economy, and the importance of international…

White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card performed a public, ceremonial swearing-in of former U.S. Representative (R-OH) Robert Portman to be the U.S. Trade Representative. Following in the ce…