{Instead, the parties negotiate through give and take, bearing in mind that every country’s governing body has to approve the final deal that results. If the U.S. is taken to the cleaners because President Obama is a lousy negotiator, a GOP-controlled Congress won’t approve it, despite the cries of all the cynics.}
Every trade agreement that has had a TPA has been passed without amendments, no exceptions
>>Every trade agreement that has had a TPA has been passed without amendments, no exceptions<<
Yes, they have, and the world didn’t end, did it? In other words, the process works.
Why didn’t Clinton, upon negotiating NAFTA, do all this stuff everyone is all worked up about way back then, if it’s so easy to pull off?
If Obama negotiates a terrible trade deal, Congress won’t approve it, and the entire process will have been a waste of time, which is exactly why it won’t be a terrible trade deal....unless, of course, one is against fair trade deals regardless.
And they were all passed without amendments because that’s exactly what the authorizing process specifies. It’s also why agreements are reached in the first place.