[itsahoot]

With TPA, the Congress will oversee and give input to trade agreements during negotiation period.

They will have exactly two options, approve or disapprove, no amendments no input other than some insider options that will be for sale.

[Isara]

That's after the agreements are finalized and in public for 60 days. The objectives and inputs for trade agreements from the Congress will be given before and during the negotiation period accordingly.

If the Congress can add amendments to trade agreements after all parties (we are talking about other countries' governments here) have agreed on, it will take a long time to have any deal, or no country will start a process of negotiation with us at all. Imagine that they have to go back to their governments every time our Congress changes things.