Hormats to State

President Barack Obama is nominating Robert Hormats, a vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International, to a top economic position at the State Department.

Hormats, 66, will serve as undersecretary of state for economic, energy and agricultural affairs. He served as deputy U.S. trade representative from 1979-1981 and in other posts at the State Department throughout his career.

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Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs

Department of State, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs

Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs

One of the most sensitive issues in this area will be global efforts to shift seed supply, water, farmland and food supply to centralized control by private investment. Some related links:

Doha Development Round

Sir James Goldsmith on Corporate Agriculture