NFTC makes Wolff chairman

NFTC makes Wolff chairman    The National Foreign Trade Council on Tuesday announced the appointment of Alan Wolff, co-chairman of Dewey & LeBoeuf's International Trade Practice Group, to chairman.
   'For many years, we have been honored to work with Alan in his capacity as a member of the NFTC board,' said NFTC President Bill Reinsch, in a statement. 'On countless occasions Alan's trade expertise and counsel have helped to guide our work in several areas, from the promotion of bilateral and multilateral trade initiatives to shedding light on tariff and non-tariff trade barriers around the world to understanding how the trading system is changing.'
   Prior to leading Dewey & LeBoeuf's international trade practice, from 1991 through September 2007, Wolff served as managing partner of Dewey Ballentine's Washington office.

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   His experience in international trade relations includes serving as U.S. deputy special representative for trade negotiations in the Carter administration between 1977-1979. He also served as general counsel for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative during the Nixon and Ford administrations, and prior to that provided counsel on international monetary, trade and development policy issues at the Treasury Department.
   'There could not be a better time than the present for expanding trade with major benefits for America,' Wolff said. 'Not only are the free trade agreements with Korea, Colombia and Panama pending approval by the Congress, but near-term progress is surely to be made this year on a Trans-Pacific Partnership, embracing many of America’s long-time and closest trading partners as well as Vietnam and potentially Japan.
   'WTO accession of Russia is also a real possibility,' he said. 'It has been well over a decade since the United States successfully led major trade initiatives and 2011 marks a new beginning.    The council will be taking a strong role in all of these great enterprises.'