Congressional Trade Votes: From NAFTA Approval to Fast-Track Defeat

by Christopher S. Magee, Robert E. Baldwin, Christopher Magee

The unwillingness of the US House of Representatives to renew fast-track authority in 1997 and 1998 means that further trade liberalization for the United States is likely to slow down or grind to a halt, since negotiators elsewhere know that any agreements reached could be modified by the US Congress. This political impasse raises several overarching questions: Does the status of fast track represent a temporary or a permanent setback in the postwar...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881322679
• ISBN13: 9780881322675
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economic
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"