Editing Rob Portman (section)

===Trade ===
Portman supported [[Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement|free trade agreements with Central America]], [[Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement|Australia]], [[Chile–United States Free Trade Agreement|Chile]] and [[Singapore–United States Free Trade Agreement|Singapore]], voted against withdrawing from the [[World Trade Organization]], and was hailed by Bush for his "great record as a champion of free and fair trade."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://economyincrisis.org/content/rob-portman-gets-blasted-free-trade-record | title=Rob Portman Gets Blasted for Free Trade Record | access-date=April 20, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421064302/http://economyincrisis.org/content/rob-portman-gets-blasted-free-trade-record | archive-date=April 21, 2014 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Remarks by the President at Swearing-In Ceremony for the United States Trade Representative|url=http://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/wh/rem/46404.htm|publisher=U.S. Department of State|access-date=April 20, 2014|date=May 17, 2005}}</ref>

Portman has repeatedly supported legislation to treat currency manipulation by countries as an unfair trade practice and to impose duties on Chinese imports if China does not stop the practice.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/10/rob_portman_a_former_trade_chi.html|title=Rob Portman, a former trade chief, will vote to treat China currency manipulation as trade violation|publisher=Cleveland.com|date=October 5, 2011|access-date=April 2, 2016}}</ref> In 2016, Portman opposed the [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]] (TPP) trade agreement because he said it does not address currency manipulation and includes less-strict country-of-origin rules for auto parts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-tpp-portman-idUSKCN0VD2NF|title=Republican Senator Portman opposes TPP trade deal in present form|work=[[Reuters]]|date=February 4, 2016|access-date=April 2, 2016}}</ref> In April 2015, Portman co-sponsored an amendment to [[Trade Promotion Authority]] legislation which would require the Obama administration to seek enforceable rules to prevent currency manipulation by trade partners as part of TPP.<ref>{{cite news |title=Senate rejects automaker bid on currency manipulation |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2015/04/22/senate-panel-vote-tougher-currency-trade-rules/26183665/ |newspaper=The Detroit News |access-date=April 23, 2015|date=April 22, 2015}}</ref>

In January 2018, Portman was one of 36 Republican senators who asked Trump to preserve the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/371492-senate-republicans-call-on-trump-to-preserve-nafta/|title=Senate Republicans call on Trump to preserve NAFTA|date=January 30, 2018|first=Vicki|last=Needham|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>

In November 2018, Portman was one of 12 Republican senators to sign a letter to Trump requesting the [[United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement]] be submitted to Congress by the end of the month to allow a vote on it before the end of the year; the letter-writers cited concerns that "passage of the USMCA as negotiated will become significantly more difficult" if it had to be approved through the incoming [[116th United States Congress|116th Congress]], in which there was a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/21/trade-senate-republicans-trump-canada-mexico-1010053|title=GOP senators seek quick passage of Mexico-Canada trade deal|first=Burgess|last=Everett|publisher=[[Politico]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121140824/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/21/trade-senate-republicans-trump-canada-mexico-1010053|archive-date=November 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>