The Columbia Free Trade Agreement was passed on October 12, 2011.  262 voted yes and 167 voted no.  CPA opposed this trade agreement. The text of the Columbia FTA is here.

The Panama Free Trade Agreement was passed on October 12, 2011.  300 voted yes and 129 voted no.  CPA opposed this trade agreement. The text of the Panama FTA is here.

The Founding Fathers determined that the kings of the past gave up the jewels of the realm in trade deals.  They could have written the constitution to give authority over foreign commerce to the executive branch… to the president.  But they didn’t.  Instead they gave the power to regulate foreign commerce to the legislative branch……

The Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) was passed on October 12, 2011.  278 voted yes and 151 voted no.  CPA opposed this bill. The text of the KORUS FTA is here.  The GovTrack page is here for more detailed info.

We achieved another incremental victory yesterday.  Due in part to the hard work of CPA members and staff, sixty Senators (led by Stabenow (D-MI) and Graham (R-SC)) signed a letter urging that an effective currency enforcement regime be included in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and all future trade agreements. 60 is a really cool…