Increase In Export Growth Will Yield More Jobs, Says U.S. Trade Representative

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk (D-Texas) says his department has laid out a plan to take advantage of the projected increase in export growth in 2010, and opportunities for more jobs. Kirk spoke Tuesday during a conference on the nation's trade policy agenda. (0:23)
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New Trade Opportunities Will Aid In Job And Economic Growth, Says U.S. Trade Representative

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said during a luncheon at the National Press Club Tuesday that his office will help President Barack Obama achieve his goal of job and economic growth by creating new trade opportunities. (0:25)
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U.S. no longer economic "top dog"

At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on sovereign wealth funds, Jagdish Bhagwati, professor of law and economics at Columbia University, says that U.S. dependency on foreign funds controlled by governments causes political anxiety. He says that a reversal of power roles took the U.S. out of its "top dog" position. (0:42)
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Threat of sovereign wealth funds worsened by poor policy

Senator Joe Biden (D-Del.), the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, describes the necessary tasks for developing policy towards sovereign wealth funds. Biden says that the threat of sovereign wealth funds is exacerbated by poor U.S. energy and trade policy. (0:40)


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