That is because of an amendment he is associated with that would require retaliation against countries that maintain high trade surpluses with the United States.
The amendment to a trade bill would require retaliation against countries, such as Japan, that have built up large trade surpluses, in part by barring American products.
The proposal is the alternative to the House's Gephardt amendment, which requires retaliation.
So would the House's controversial provision requiring retaliation against countries that persist in locking out American products.
The Senate measure requires far less retaliation than the House bill, but President Reagan has indicated it is still too protectionist.
The House passed a trade bill over the President's strenuous objections requiring retaliation against unfair trading practices.
While the subcommittee measure requires retaliation against unfair trade practices, it allows the President to determine how to retaliate.
This 17-year-old has one subject: the rules of street life that require quick and brutal retaliation to any threat or perceived slight.
The measure demands America's trading partners open their markets to U.S. products and requires retaliation if they refuse.
Retaliation Required Should the barriers remain, the law requires American retaliation.