Senators Prod Obama to Move Panama, Colombia Deals
Published Thursday, March 10, 2011
Two senior senators on Thursday urged President Barack Obama's administration to begin immediately technical work on legislation to enact long-delayed trade pacts with Colombia and Panama.
"We believe that beginning this process will help remove doubt from our trading partners that Congress and the administration are committed to moving these agreements expeditiously," Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, a Democrat, and Republican Senator Orrin Hatch said in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk.
