November 28, 2011 — Coral Gables — Francisco Sánchez, U.S. undersecretary of commerce for international trade, told an audience at a University of Miami Center for Hemispheric Policy (CHP) luncheon on November 17 that the new free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea would help “level the playing field and create tens of thousands of jobs for the U.S.” As under secretary, Sánchez’s mission is to promote trade globally but with an emphasis on the Western Hemisphere, he said, adding that there is a presidential and bipartisan push to increase U.S. exports. Sánchez, a President Barack Obama appointee, spoke before more than 120 business executives and entrepreneurs at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Miami.
