Congressman Brad Sherman

Representing the 30th District of CALIFORNIA

Trade

Sherman Testifies before U.S.-China Commission on our Harmful Trade Relationship with China

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Jun 5, 2014

House Foreign Affairs Committee member Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that it would be "appropriate" for federal officials to file criminal charges against BNP Paribas, which has been under investigation for doing business with countries blacklisted by the U.S., including Iran.

Apr 21, 2014
Congressman Sherman discusses US Trade and Foreign Policy on KNBC Channel 4 News Conference with Conan Nolan
Apr 10, 2014

Sherman & Grayson Debunk Geopolitical Arguments Raised to Promote TPP

On Eve of Obama Asia Trip, Foreign Policy Members Warn Against Jobs-Killing Trans-Pacific Partnership 

Jan 14, 2014

Washington, DC – Congressman Brad Sherman, the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on trade, released the following statement today on the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014, legislation introduced on January 9th, 2014, by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus and Ranking Member Hatch as well as House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Camp:   

May 9, 2012

Campbell-Sherman Amendment ensures entities seeking financing from the Ex-Im bank are not in violation of U.S. sanctions on Iran

Washington DC - Congressman Brad Sherman today released the following statement on the passage of the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) Reauthorization Bill, H.R 2072:

Oct 27, 2011

Washington D.C. – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), the Ranking Democrat of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee that deals with trade, released the following report regarding his work on trade policy:

Oct 14, 2011

Washington D.C. - On October 12, 2011, Congressman Brad Sherman stood with labor in opposing three anti-worker trade deals with Panama, Colombia and South Korea.
 
While most of Republican Party supported of all three bills, a small minority of Democrats joined with the GOP in supporting these bills.  Of the 192 Democrats in the House, only 31 voted for the Colombia deal, 66 for Panama, and 59 for South Korea.
 
Watch Congressman Sherman’s Remarks on the House Floor: CLICK HERE

Sep 13, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brad Sherman is again introducing legislation to revoke Most Favored Nation (MFN) status for China and direct the President to negotiate a new trading relationship that is designed to eliminate the trade imbalance.  Sherman first introduced the legislation in the previous session of Congress in 2010.

Mar 24, 2011

Washington, DC -- Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) today released the following response to the document issued by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) regarding the Kaesong Industrial Zone and how the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (Agreement) would treat goods produced at this facility:

Mar 10, 2011

Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) today released the following statement on the planned consideration of the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement:

Congress should reject the pending FTA with South Korea.  It is likely that the United States would be opened up to North Korean goods under the agreement’s liberal rules of origin. 

Goods with up to 65 percent non-South Korean content can enter the United States with preferential, often duty free, treatment under this agreement.  Nothing in this agreement prevents that foreign content from being North Korean.