| 1 | The negotiations were launched by Al Gore and conducted by Charlene Barshefsky. | |
| 2 | Charlene Barshefsky had been acting trade representative in the eight months since Mickey Kantor had gone to Commerce. | |
| 3 | On April 12, I named Mickey Kantor secretary of commerce and his able deputy, Charlene Barshefsky, the new U.S. trade representative. | |
| 4 | Charlene Barshefsky, who served as United States Trade Representative under President Clinton, said she did not think the decision signals any broad reversal in trade policy. | |
| 5 | Charlene Barshefsky told me that the Chinese had moved a long way and we should close the deal while Zhu was in the United States to avoid weakening him at home. |