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The president has selected Rep. Rob Portman (R., Ohio) to be the new trade representative.(Brief article)

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The president has selected Rep. Rob Portman (R., Ohio) to be the new trade representative. Portman is one of 25 members of the House whom the Cato Institute considers to be relatively reliable supporters of the freedom of international commerce. But he is not a purist, having favored steel tariffs. Imposing and then rescinding those tariffs was the most memorable trade-policy act of Bush's first term. The tariffs were imposed in part to ...

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