If the Congress can add amendments to trade agreements after they have been finalized, how long do you think it will take to get an agreement? It will never happen.
By the way, with TPA, the Congress will be updated about the agreement and can give input to any trade agreement during the negotiation period.
As others have pointed out, it lowers the bar to passage.
That's the intended outcome and primary reason I oppose FTA.
By the way, with TPA, the Congress will be updated about the agreement and can give input to any trade agreement during the negotiation period.
I would not count on this. You know obama has a history of bending rules when it suits him. Regardless of what is in the trade agreements if they are fast tracked they will be passed . Arguing that FTA will allow us to see them is pointless because by that point it will be too late.