Senate Finance panel to vote on Barloon for WTO envoy next week

The Senate Finance Committee will decide next week whether to advance Joseph Barloon to a full Senate vote on his nomination to serve as ambassador to the World Trade Organization, the panel chair announced on Tuesday. Barloon, who in February was tapped by President Trump to serve in the deputy U.S. Trade Representative slot, will be voted on alongside a Treasury Department nominee; the two and a third nominee shared a confirmation hearing last month. The vote will take place...