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.