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Five trade association heads have been appointed to two-year terms on the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, the White House announced recently. The 45-member body is the top advisory panel to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and also includes corporate executives, think-tank scholars and heads of advocacy groups and foundations.
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