Tag: International Trade Policy

Guest post by William Krist President Obama called on Congress to give him authority to negotiate trade agreements in last night’s State of the Union address. This authority, commonly called Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) or Fast Track Authority, was last granted to the President in 2002, but that authority expired in 2007. Under our Constitution,…

Guest post by William Krist President Obama called on Congress to give him authority to negotiate trade agreements in last night’s State of the Union address. This authority, commonly called Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) or Fast Track Authority, was last granted to the President in 2002, but that authority expired in 2007. Under our Constitution,…

guest post by William Krist The United States is engaged in two huge trade negotiations that can have a far-reaching impact on our economy—and indeed the global economy. If successful, these negotiations may have a far greater impact than the North American Free Trade Agreement, which generated so much controversy in the early 1990s when…