Rob Portman
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"Robert Jones "Rob" Portman" is an United States/American lawyer and the Seniority in the United States Senate/junior United States Senate/United States Senator from Ohio, in office since 2011. Previously he served as the United States Trade Representative/14th United States Trade Representative from 2005 to 2006 and as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget#List of Directors/35th Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2006 to 2007.

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It appears that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is making a genuine effort to reform its economy and adopt the rule of law.

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This agreement is a win-win situation for U.S. and EU winemakers, helping to establish predictable conditions for bilateral wine trade.

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With the strong bipartisan rejection of the Dorgan amendment today, the Senate cast a vote in favor of the U.S. working to knock down unfair trade barriers that hurt American business and farmers.

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Accordingly, I believe that the accession package, both our bilateral agreement and the broader multilateral negotiation which is nearing completion, will warrant US support.

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While WTO accession is no cure-all, Saudi membership in the WTO, under the rigorous terms we have negotiated, could have a lasting effect on transforming the Saudi economy away from its over-dependence on oil revenues and addressing the growing unemployment problems in the kingdom.

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This is one that we're going to have to work through carefully.

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I'm optimistic we are making the sort of progress that we need to meet our tight deadlines, ... We have come closer together.

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I have made clear that we can not accept a final package on the round that does not have a meaningful services element.

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