KING
MEETS WITH NEW U.S. TRADE
REP
TO DISCUSS WTO NEGOTIATIONS
WASHINGTON - Iowa Congressman
Steve King late yesterday met with the new U.S. Trade
Ambassador Susan Schwab and Agriculture Secretary Mike
Johanns to discuss WTO trade negotiations.
At the end of the month, WTO
negotiators will return to Geneva for additional trade
discussions. King and fellow Members of the Agriculture
Committee met with the new trade Ambassador and the
Secretary to discuss the negotiations in advance.
"We have an
active Secretary of Agriculture teamed up with our new, but
experienced, U.S. Trade Ambassador Schwab," said King. "I
was encouraged by the message I got from our new Trade
Ambassador that we're not going to write the next Farm Bill
with WTO trade negotiations."
"The message
from the President is no deal is better than a bad deal. We
remain more aggressive in our proposal than either the
European Union or developing countries. We will continue
with our intense negotiations until a good deal is reached
or there will be no deal. We're pushing hard on market
access to both the E.U. and developing countries, and we
should have a resolution before we write the next Farm
Bill," added King.
