May 11, 2015

Prof. Foster Spoke With KATU News During President Obama’s PDX Visit

President Obama recently visited Portland to promote two major free trade and investment agreements that his administration is currently negotiating with a large number of foreign countries: the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. In connection with that visit, KATU news reporter Katherine Kisiel asked Professor Foster to outline the arguments for and against these agreements and to identify their potential impacts. She also asked him to break down certain draft legislation co-sponsored by Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, which is designed to facilitate the negotiation of these agreements and their approval by Congress. Excerpts from that interview aired shortly before a speech by President Obama at Nike’s world headquarters, as part of KATU’s coverage of the event.

President Obama recently visited Portland to promote two major free trade and investment agreements that his administration is currently negotiating with a large number of foreign countries: the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. In connection with that visit, KATU news reporter Katherine Kisiel asked Professor Foster to outline the arguments for and against these agreements and to identify their potential impacts. She also asked him to break down certain draft legislation co-sponsored by Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, which is designed to facilitate the negotiation of these agreements and their approval by Congress. Excerpts from that interview aired shortly before a speech by President Obama at Nike’s world headquarters, as part of KATU’s coverage of the event.