United States of America
Everett Eissenstat, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the Americas
The United States signed the Trade Promotion Agreement with Peru, which permanently reduces trade barriers between the two nations, on April 12, 2006. The agreement will go into effect if the U.S. Congress votes to approve it. A date for that vote has not yet been scheduled. Everett Eissenstat has served as Assistant U.S. Trade Representative since January 2006. He is responsible for developing and implementing U.S. trade policy in the Americas. The following is excerpted from July 12, 2006, testimony before a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. TheUnited States-Peru Trade Promotion…
