Honorable Sander M. Levin
U.S. Representative, Michigan, Democrat
Representative Levin was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1982. He chairs the Trade Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee. The following is excerpted from a July 12, 2006, statement before a Ways and Means Committee hearing on the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. Globalizationis under siege in many places. Expanded international trade is hitting more andmore roadblocks, both in multilateral trade and bilateral negotiations. There are many reasons this ishappening. One reason is that we no longer inthis Congress and with this administration have the broad bipartisancooperation around international trade necessary…
