Download or read book Fast Track Authority and International Trade Negotiations written by Paola Conconi and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fast Track written by Hal S. Shapiro and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-09-14 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fast Track is the story of the rise and fall of U.S. leadership in international trade. Fast Track authority is the process Congress devised to approve trade agreements, giving Congress input into negotiations in exchange for a timely up-or-down vote. Foes derided it as a procedural gimmick, but it helped forge a bipartisan consensus on trade policy. Despite its successes, it was also fragile. The bipartisan consensus has since frayed and Fast Track has lapsed, allowing other countries to fill the void. This book discusses how Fast Track worked and offers a path for rebuilding consensus in favor of its renewal.

Download or read book Fast Track A Legal Historical and Political Analysis written by Hal Shapiro and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2006-07-19 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book President s Request for Fast Track Trade Negotiating Authority written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Implementation of Fast Track Trade Authority written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book President s Request for Extension of Fast Track Trade Agreement Implementing Authority written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Role of the US Congress in Trade Agreements written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1974 the United States Congress has enacted several Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) acts to ensure speedy ratification of trade agreements in the United States, while maintaining a congressional hold on the objectives to be pursued by US negotiators. TPA defines the conditions and procedures for using a streamlined or expedited procedure, also known as the fast-track procedure, to vote in Congress on international trade agreements negotiated during a specific defined period of time. The current (2015) Trade Promotion Authority Act, which was finally passed in June 2015, sets out the rules for the expedited procedures applicable to any international agreement entered into by the US before 1 July 2018 (with possible extension up to 1 July 2021), covering inter alia the recently concluded Trans-Pacific Partnership and any agreement stemming from the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations. The TPA requirements in terms of negotiating objectives and consultation have constantly evolved to match the rising political need of Congress to exert greater control over the outcomes of US trade negotiations.

Download or read book Fast Track Issues written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fast Track Authority and North American Free Trade Agreement written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Economic Development and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Case Studies in US Trade Negotiation Making the rules written by Charan Devereaux and published by Peterson Institute. This book was released on 2006 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Volume 1 of this series presents five cases on trade negotiations that have had important effects on trade policy rulemaking, and an analytic framework for evaluating these negotiations."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book 105 1 Hearing Implementation of Fast Track Trade Authority Serial 105 65 September 30 1997 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Trade Promotion Fast Track Authority written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major trade issue in the 107th Congress is whether or not Congress will approve authority for the President to negotiate trade agreements and submit the agreements for implementation under expedited legislative procedures (mandatory deadlines, limited debate, no amendment). The President must meet certain consultation and notification requirements. This authority, commonly called "fasttrack authority" or "trade promotion authority" (TPA), lapsed in 1994. This report analyzes a major TPA proposal, H.R. 3005, introduced by Representative Thomas, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and reported out of that Committee on October 16, 2001. Some comparisons are made between H.R. 3005 and the trade negotiating authority bill H.R. 3019, introduced by Representative Rangel, Ranking Member on the Ways and Means Committee. Congressional debate of fast-track/TPA legislation arrives at a period of growing global economic uncertainty and of a changing world trading system. Proposed TPA legislation reflects, in part, the shifting global trade environment. Sharp differences divide the 107th Congress on trade policy objectives. Both H.R. 3005 and H.R. 3019 are similar in their basic structure and in many provisions. However, they have major differences in their negotiating objectives, conditions for considering agreements under expedited procedures, congressional advisory bodies, and withdrawal of expedited procedures. Regarding labor provisions, H.R. 3005 aims to "promote respect for worker rights consistent with the International Labor Organization (ILO)," and to treat labor objectives "equally" with other negotiating objectives. H.R. 3019 aims to "promote enforcement of internationally recognized core labor standards by trading partners," and to provide for "all remedies to promote prompt and full compliance." H.R. 3005 gives greater attention to the environment than previous fast-track authority, and has some similarities with H.R. 3019. For example, both seek to ensure that parties do not fail to enforce environmental laws and to make failures subject to enforcement. Environmental provisions in H.R. 3019, however, are more extensive; e.g., the bill seeks clear exceptions from trade obligations for environmental measures (including those to implement multilateral environmental agreements). H.R. 3005 would establish the Congressional Oversight Group, a new body of congressional advisors on trade negotiations, and set out consultation and notification requirements for the executive branch. H.R. 3019 would not add a new body of advisors, but would require more consultation than H.R. 3005. Both bills would allow withdrawal of expedited procedures for an implementing bill, but under different circumstances. H.R. 3005 provides for withdrawal if the President fails to meet the consultation requirements. H.R. 3019 provides for withdrawal of expedited procedures before or during negotiations or before the President enters into an agreement, but does not require that a reason be specified.

Download or read book Managing Global and Regional Trade Policy Without Fast Track Negotiating Authority written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on International Trade and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Need for Renewal of Fast track Trade Negotiating Authority written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fast Track Trade Authority written by Colette Teto and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fast track is an expedited procedure for Congressional consideration of trade agreements. It requires Congress to vote on an agreement without reopening any of its provisions while retaining the ultimate power of voting it up or down. Fast Track facilitated controversial pacts such as NAFTA and the World Trade Organization, which extend beyond traditional tariff-cutting to set constraints on domestic financial, energy, patents and copyright, food safety, immigration, and other policies. Because Fast Track's dramatic shift in the balance of powers between branches of government occurred via an arcane procedural mechanism, it obtained little scrutiny - until recently. This book explains how large multi-national corporations have gotten their way to the detriment of the people by ignoring local environmental and labor laws. The Trans-Pacific-Trade Partnership has been called "NAFTA on steroids."

Download or read book Fast Track written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book North American Free Trade Agreement written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: