Witnesses at the hearing included:
Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Devry S. Boughner, Cargill, Inc.
Angela Marshall Hofmann, Wal-Mart Stores
Michael Wessel, President, The Wessel Group
The Chamber submitted a statement for the record offering support for the agreement and expressing a desire to see the TPP include the highest possible standards for trade and investment. The Chamber is also preparing comments for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative regarding the possibility that Canada, Japan, and Mexico may join the TPP negotiations; for details, please contact Catherine Mellor, Director for Asia (cmellor@uschamber.com), on Japan, or Reuben Smith-Vaughan, Manager for the Americas (rsmith@uschamber.com), on Canada and Mexico.
