He repeated this point in his confirmation hearings and plans to work with Pascal Lamy, a long-time friend and Europe's trade commissioner, to build momentum for the new round of multilateral trade talks.
It is a real personal pleasure for me to introduce him to you today, and an honor, and I might say a personal pleasure for me to call him I hope a life-long friend, someone that we'll be able to spend some time with, notwithstanding his other obligations, but to spend a lot of time with.