Mr Obama's US trade representative (his chief international negotiator) will be Ron Kirk, a former mayor of Dallas, a leading proponent of Nafta and a long-time supporter of liberal trade. His appointment disappoints the president's supporters on the left of the party. The new labour secretary has them applauding, however: she is Hilda Solis, an ally of the unions, a leader in Congress of opposition to the Central American Free Trade Agreement and a forthright critic of orthodox liberal trade.
歐巴馬內閣中的美國貿易代表(他的首席國際談判員)將由前達拉斯市市長榮•柯克(Ron Kirk)擔任,他是《北美自由貿易協定》的主要擁護者之一、自由貿易的長期支持者。他的任命讓支持總統的黨內左翼人士感到失望。但是新任勞工部長得到了他們的讚許:她就是希爾達•索利斯(Hilda Solis),工會的支持者,國會里反對《中美洲自由貿易協議》(Central American Free Trade Agreement)的領袖,直截了當批評正統自由貿易的人士。