A Possible Sign of Concern
When offered a trade position in Obama’s adminstration representative Xavier Becerra declined. He gave this as his reason:
Mi preocupación es qué tanto peso hubiera tenido esta posición y llegué a la conclusión de que no sería prioridad número uno, quizá ni siquiera dos o tres,” Becerra told La Opinion.Translated to English, Becerra said, “My concern was how much weight this position [U.S. Trade Representative] would have and I came to the conclusion that it would not be priority No. 1, and perhaps, not even priority No. 2 or 3.”
December 18th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
So rather than take a job where he could actually affect trade policy, Mr. Becerra declines. I’m concerned about Mr. Becerra’s commitment to trade.