Obama Administration Promises "Thorough Review" of USTR Policies 78
After all of the uproar surrounding some of the Obama administration's recent decisions, trade officials have promised a thorough review of the USTR policies regarding transparency. In an effort to ensure that the review includes all possible angles, the USTR is urging groups to make other proposals as well. "KEI is very impressed with the USTR decision to undertake a review of USTR transparency efforts. They are taking this much further than simply reviewing policies on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), or recent controversies over the secrecy surrounding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations. The review offers the possibility of more transformative changes, including pro-active measures to enhance transparency, covering all aspects of USTR operations, including multilateral, plurilateral, regional, bilateral and unilateral trade policies and negotiations. We are also grateful that USTR is offering to have a continuing dialogue on this issues. KEI will offer additional suggestions on transparency to USTR, and we encourage others to do so also."
Make sure.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Right, change my ass (Score:0, Funny)
... are you suggesting we just sit back and Trust Everything's Gonna Be Okay..?
Absolutely! You've got to let the Hope and Change(tm) have a chance to work so that the Magic Rainbow Unicorns(tm) will appear and usher in a new age of peace and prosperity for all. If you don't Trust you'll make Baby Obama cry. You don't want to make Baby Obama cry do you?
OWN (Score:3, Funny)
I'm sorry, but you didn't spell out what O.W.N. means. Does that stand for "Obama's Winning Number" or "Omaha Women's Network"?
You are as bad as the editors here. Please define your terms before using them.
(dare I leave off anything suggesting this isn't snark?)