Implementation of Fast Track Trade Authority
Title | Implementation of Fast Track Trade Authority PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade |
Publisher | |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
105-1 Hearing: Implementation of Fast Track Trade Authority, Serial 105-65, September 30, 1997
Title | 105-1 Hearing: Implementation of Fast Track Trade Authority, Serial 105-65, September 30, 1997 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means |
Publisher | |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | |
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Fast Track: A Legal, Historical, and Political Analysis
Title | Fast Track: A Legal, Historical, and Political Analysis PDF eBook |
Author | Hal Shapiro |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 2006-07-19 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9047440005 |
Fast track was conceived as a mundane procedural mechanism to enhance the president's credibility in negotiating complex multilateral trade agreements by streamlining the congressional approval process into an up-or-down vote in return for enhanced congressional oversight. It allows the President to negotiate international trade agreements knowing that Congress will provide a timely vote on the agreement without amendments. Given its seminal importance to the trade debate, however, fast track has acquired greater significance and controversy. This incisive text examines whether fast track is an evolutionary advancement in U.S. international economic agreements or an end-run around the constitutional treaty provision; whether it is a reflection of the shared constitutional powers of Congress and the President in the area of foreign affairs or an unconstitutional abdication of Congress’s power to regulate foreign commerce and its ability to set its own procedural rules; whether fast track is needed to put the United States on even footing with other nations that have efficient international agreement approval mechanisms or a unique U.S. ratification short-cut not found elsewhere; whether there is a better way for the United States to approve and implement trade agreements; whether the arguments of the left and right on fast track need a new focus; and whether there is a role for the states to play in U.S. trade policy formation. Fast Track argues that the time has come for the United States to end its perennial debate over the process by which we approve international trade agreements – i.e., whether to resort to fast track or not – and begin a debate on how best to prepare American citizens to compete in a globalized world. There are signs that the United States is not ready and may even be falling behind. Without question, this book can help formalize a requisite national strategy. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.
Crs Report for Congress
Title | Crs Report for Congress PDF eBook |
Author | Congressional Research Service: The Libr |
Publisher | BiblioGov |
Pages | 22 |
Release | 2013-11 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781295251650 |
One of the major trade issues in the 107th Congress is whether or not Congress approves trade promotion authority (formerly called fast-track authority) for the President to negotiate trade agreements with expedited procedures for implementing legislation. Under this authority, Congress agrees to consider legislation to implement the trade agreements (usually nontariff trade agreements) under a procedure with mandatory deadlines, no amendment, and limited debate. The President is required to consult with congressional committees during negotiation and notify Congress at major stages. The President was granted this authority almost continuously from 1974 to 1994, but the authority lapsed and has not been renewed. A major issue in the first session of the 107th Congress was the role of labor and the environment as objectives in trade agreements. Differences were largely along party lines. On December 6, 2001, the House passed TPA bill H.R. 3005 by a vote of 215-214. The bill covers tariff and nontariff agreements entered into by June 1, 2005. For expedited procedures to apply to legislation to implement a trade agreement, the agreement would have to "make progress" toward meeting the outlined negotiating objectives and satisfy other specified conditions. The President would have to consult with congressional bodies, ...
President's Request for Extension of Fast Track Trade Agreement Implementing Authority
Title | President's Request for Extension of Fast Track Trade Agreement Implementing Authority PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means |
Publisher | |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
Crs Report for Congress
Title | Crs Report for Congress PDF eBook |
Author | Congressional Research Service: The Libr |
Publisher | BiblioGov |
Pages | 22 |
Release | 2013-11 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781293244944 |
One of the major trade issues in the 107th Congress is whether or not Congress approves trade promotion authority (formerly called fast-track authority) for the President to nego- tiate trade agreements with expedited proce- dures for implementing legislation. Under this authority, Congress agrees to consider legislation to implement the trade agreements (usually nontariff trade agreements) under a procedure with mandatory deadlines, no amendment, and limited debate. The Presi- dent is required to consult with congressional committees during negotiation and notify Congress at major stages. The President was granted this authority almost continuously from 1974 to 1994, but the authority lapsed and has not been re- newed. A major issue in the first session of the 107th Congress was the role of labor and the environment as objectives in trade agree- ments. Differences were largely along party lines....
President's Request for Fast Track Trade Negotiating Authority
Title | President's Request for Fast Track Trade Negotiating Authority PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
Publisher | |
Pages | 92 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |