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negotiating authority for the President lapsed in 1994. It needs to be renewed.
In the absence of trade promotion authority (TPA) over
the past eight years, the United States has fallen far behind our competitors
in negotiating trade agreements. The US is party to only two out of 130 regional
agreements in effect accross the globe today. We need TPA to negotiate effectively
with our trading partners.
Read Bill Center's TPA editorial (Seattle P-I)
and letter to the editor (Seattle P-I). Read
his remarks before the Evergreen Building
Products Association's annual meeting on 11/27/01.
US Senator Maria Cantwell calls for Fair, Comprehensive, Issue-Specific Trade Policy for Changing Economy Keynoting the 28th annual meeting of the Washington Council on International Trade on April 17, 2001, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell told the crowd of 250 that an important reevaluation of trade policy was essential.
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