EU Commissioner Wants U.S. Action on Trade |
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June 2, 2010
Karel De Gucht, the European Union's trade commissioner, challenged the U.S. Wednesday to break an impasse in the current round of global trade talks.
Karel De Gucht, the European Union's trade commissioner, challenged the U.S. Wednesday to break an impasse in the current round of global trade talks.
"Americans need to say what they want," said Mr. De Gucht, who visited Washington last month.
The nine-year-old round of tariff and subsidy-cutting talks—the so-called Doha Round—is stalled mostly because the Obama administration is handcuffed by a strong protectionist movement in the U.S., an assessment shared by international trade officials and U.S. trade representative Ron Kirk. "It's a deal the Bush administration refused. How can you expect a Democratic administration without [special authority from Congress] to do this deal?" Mr. De Gucht said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
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