Honorable Sander Levin
United States Representative, Michigan, Democrat
Representative Levin, of the Twelfth District of Michigan, was first elected to the U.S. House ofRepresentatives in 1982. He serves on the Committee on Ways and Means. Thefollowing is excerpted from the November 13, 2006, House floor debate on H.R.5602, extending permanent normal trade relations to Vietnam. I support this legislation because I believe, on balance, Vietnam’saccession to the WTO is a positive step. It is a growing economy with 90million people. It remains a command economy basically and a one-party state,and that always leads to some concerns and some qualifications. That is truehere in terms of some problems,…
