House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday urged the Obama administration to shorten the “fast-track” window for the president’s ambitious trade agenda. [Reposted from The Hill | Mike Lillis | May 14, 2015] The White House is lobbying hard for a trade-promotion authority (TPA) bill, also known as fast-track power, that would facilitate emerging…
In 2006, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) submitted a list of regulations to the White House aimed at helping China get into the U.S. chicken market by certifying Chinese facilities to process U.S.-raised poultry for sale back in the States. [Reposted from Newsweek | Joe Kloc | September 28, 2015] Tony Corbo, a…
Here is the official roll call for the Senate vote on the currency manipulation/trade remedy improvement bill yesterday, May 14, 2015. CPA supports this bill. Vote SummaryQuestion: On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 644, As Amended )Vote Number: 179 Vote Date: May 14, 2015, 12:28 PMRequired For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Bill PassedMeasure Number: …
No need for haste on TPP deal The 12 countries taking part in the negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement will hold ministerial-level talks in late May in the Philippines, following talks among their chief negotiators in Guam. As the countries step up their efforts to reach a broad agreement on major…
The White House named names. And not 24 hours later, President Barack Obama and his aides had a deal to get fast-track back on track. [Reposted from Politico | Edgar Isaac Dovere and Burgess Everett | May 13, 2015] After resistant Democrats scuttled a vote Tuesday to move forward on one of Obama’s signature goals…
This is the official Senate roll call vote for TPA yesterday, May 14, 2015. Vote SummaryQuestion: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 1314 )Vote Number: 180 Vote Date: May 14, 2015, 01:55 PMRequired For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Cloture on…
Senate liberals know they are going to lose the battle over fast-track trade authority. But they’re doing all they can to prolong the fight — perhaps even past the Memorial Day recess into June — in hopes that a long delay will damage the bill’s already difficult prospects in the House. [Reposted from Politico | …
CPA praised the US Senate’s overwhelmingly positive vote today to curb currency manipulation by foreign countries through the imposition of countervailing duties. A veto-proof majority of Senators approved the bill, entitled the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (S 1269), by a vote of 78-20. “Our domestic producer members have worked…
In a capitulation to foreign governments, the USDA is signaling its readiness to eliminate country of origin food labeling law in the face of a WTO challenge by Canada and Mexico. Foreign countries want their imported meat, seafood and produce to be disguised and not labeled as from those other countries. To justify…
[by Michael Stumo] The Senate voted to proceed to debate the trade deficit producing Fast Track bill today. All Republicans and 13 Democrats voted for cloture. The Dems voting for the motion to proceed were Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Tom Carper (D-DE),…