EUGENE – In 2010, I sat across the table from Assistant US Trade Representative Barbara Weisel, who was responsible for negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the mega-regional free-trade treaty among Vietnam, Malaysia, and ten other Pacific Rim countries that President Barack Obama’s administration wants to conclude in the coming weeks. At the time, I was Senior Policy Adviser for the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Education and Labor – a position that made me the top congressional staff member responsible for upholding labor standards in international trade treaties.
尤金—2010年，我和负责跨太平洋合作伙伴关系（TPP）的美国贸易谈判助理芭芭拉·维塞尔（Barbara Weisel）一起坐在谈判桌前。TPP是包括越南、马来西亚和其他十个环太平洋国家之间的大型地区自由贸易条约，奥巴马政府希望可以在几周之内完成谈判。当时，我是美国众议院教育和劳动委员会顾问，因此成为国际贸易条约劳动标准方面的国会最高负责人。