Ambassador Susan C Schwab's acceptance speech as USTR
19 Apr '06
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Susan C Schwab
United States Trade Representative (USTR) issues statement of Ambassador Susan C Schwab from White House Rose Garden:
Thank you Mr. President. I am both humbled and honored to be here today. You have set a high bar for your Trade Representative. And you have my commitment to meet and desire to exceed those expectations on behalf of American workers, farmers, manufacturers and service providers.
I also want to thank Ambassador Portman for his confidence and support. I value his friendship and congratulate him on his new role as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. I am certain he will bring the same energy and determination to OMB as he brought to USTR.
Nearly 29 years ago, I walked into the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative looking for my first job. I joined the USTR team as an agricultural trade negotiator, seeking to build market access for American farmers and ranchers in the Tokyo Round multilateral trade negotiation. Today I've come full circle.
Happily, USTR continues to be staffed by the most remarkable and hardworking team of career professionals and political appointees to be found anywhere in the public, private or nonprofit sectors. And I look forward to continuing my association with them.
Since that first job at USTR, international economic policy has remained front and center in my career, whether I was working for Senator Danforth and the Senate Finance Committee, representing Motorola in Asia, or serving as Dean of the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy.
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