US Economic Policy
Official Document
Executive Order requiring environmental reviews of international trade agreements
Presidential Executive Order requiring environmental reviews of international trade agreements, which I co-coordinated during my tenure in the US White House.
Video
Statement of Executive Initiatives: Administration’s response to Congressional concerns about fast-track trade negotiating authority
1997 US Senate press conference announcing package of trade-related labor, environmental, transparency, border infrastructure and other measures which I led development of as a quid pro quo for the Democratic Caucus' support of the Administration's request for trade negotiating authority
Report
Lifting all boats : Increasing the payoff from private investment in the US economy
Competitivness Policy Council (CPC)
Report of the Competitiveness Policy Council's Subcouncil on Capital Allocation chaired by Harvard Professor Michael Porter and Salomon Inc. Chairman Robert Denham, of which I was staff director.
Official Document
1991 legislation to restrict NAFTA trade negotiating authority
US Senate letter seeking additional cosponsorship of legislation I drafted in 1991 to exclude labor rights, environmental protection, rule of origin, adjustment assistance and dispute settlement issues from NAFTA fast track trade (no amendment) negotiating authority sought by the Bush Administration. Ultimately endorsed by a majority of the Democratic Caucus and nearly a third of the Senate but ignored by the Administration.