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Senate republicans give Obama new powers, but they are still classified.
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerbyron" data-source="post: 2751311" data-attributes="member: 4953"><p>Honestly, I'm surprised that TPA has gotten this much traction. I got the impression from talking to our delegation in DC that there was simply too much distrust between congress and this administration for them to consider giving him TPA. TPA is, as I understand it, giving the president the ability to negotiate multilateral trade agreements without having to go back and let congress make changes to it. Congress still needs to approve or disapprove the deal but they cannot make amendments. This actually allows a trade agreement to take place as you cannot negotiate a deal when the guy you are talking to does not have final authority in the specifics of the trade agreement. If they hash out the details of a trade agreement only to have congress make changes to appease each pet interest, the parties we are negotiating with will reject the amended agreement. </p><p></p><p>Sure we could go ahead and opt out of a pacific trade agreement but when Asian economies are the fastest growing in the world, it is to our detriment to not seek out favorable trade relations with them. But hey, let the conspiracy theories fly and adopt protectionist policies that let the world pass us by.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerbyron, post: 2751311, member: 4953"] Honestly, I'm surprised that TPA has gotten this much traction. I got the impression from talking to our delegation in DC that there was simply too much distrust between congress and this administration for them to consider giving him TPA. TPA is, as I understand it, giving the president the ability to negotiate multilateral trade agreements without having to go back and let congress make changes to it. Congress still needs to approve or disapprove the deal but they cannot make amendments. This actually allows a trade agreement to take place as you cannot negotiate a deal when the guy you are talking to does not have final authority in the specifics of the trade agreement. If they hash out the details of a trade agreement only to have congress make changes to appease each pet interest, the parties we are negotiating with will reject the amended agreement. Sure we could go ahead and opt out of a pacific trade agreement but when Asian economies are the fastest growing in the world, it is to our detriment to not seek out favorable trade relations with them. But hey, let the conspiracy theories fly and adopt protectionist policies that let the world pass us by. [/QUOTE]
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