TPA Critics Urge Wyden to Offer New Version of Negotiating Authority
More than 550 advocacy organizations pressed Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., to develop a negotiating authority that meets the needs of a 21st century trade environment, while rejecting the Trade Promotion Authority legislation floated in January. Wyden pledged…
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in April to craft another version of such a measure, but has not since indicated precisely what that would include (see 14040919). “In this new model of trade authority, expedited consideration of completed agreements should only be available if and when Congress determines that its negotiating objectives have been satisfied and the executive branch has abided by requirements for increased congressional and public oversight over the entire process,” said the advocacy groups, including Public Citizen and the Sierra Club, in a letter. The groups also called for strengthened congressional influence in trade negotiations, as well as increased public transparency.