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{{#badges:FTD}}[[Image:Zoellick.jpg|left]]'''Robert Bruce Zoellick''' is a former U.S. trade representative, deputy secretary of state, president of the World Bank, and vice chairman of [[Goldman Sachs]] (2006-2007). As U.S. trade representative, Zoellick played a key role in the passage of the [[Central American Free Trade Agreement]], the [http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/agreements/vt-text.pdf U.S.-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement], the [http://www.ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/jordan-fta Jordan Free Trade Agreement], and the restoration of fast track negotiating authority via the [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/107/hr3009 Trade Act of 2002]. He was also a top U.S. negotiator during the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations that lead to the formation of the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO).
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Zoellick is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics, which received $765,000 from Peterson's foundation from 2009-2011.<ref>Peter G. Peterson Foundation, [http://www.pgpf.org/Issues/Grants/2010/12/16/~/link.aspx?_id=11E303D17D4444B0BC413A5E7211B658&_z=z "Peterson Institute for International Economics"], organizational website, accessed January 1, 2013.</ref> The Peterson Institute's board is stacked with current and former Fortune 500 CEOs from companies that would benefit from Fix the Debt's proposed lowering of corporate tax rates and sharp lowering of taxes on repatriated profits.<ref>Peterson Institute for International Economics, [http://www.iie.com/institute/board.cfm "Board of Directors"], organizational website, accessed January 1, 2013.</ref> Zoellick is a steering committee member of Fix the Debt.<ref>Fix the Debt, [http://www.fixthedebt.org/who-we-are "Who We Are"], organizational website, accessed December 2012.</ref>
