Fast Track Trade Agreement expires in July

Karl LeubaPost Master

"(T)alks at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, have been seen as one of the last chances to make a decisive move to revive the Doha round before the fast-track authority of US President George Bush runs out in July." BBC News. Jan 27, 2007

Allow me to present a Debateable Question, please. "Should the Congress extend the fast track authority of the President?"

I am opposed, and invite you to join the discussion.

Fast Track authority has resulted in Trade Agreements that are not beneficial to labor, and are beneficial to management.

NAFTA is the result of fast track authority. It has proven to be damaging to American Labor, and Not beneficial To Foreign Labor. Our government agreed to trade agreements that did not include provisions for Labor Rights, Environmental Protections or worker safety. These positions were omitted from the agreements at the insistance of the Foreign Governments, and Accepted by the USA in order to get an agreement that was workable.
This was possible only because the representatives of the People, Congress, had no abulity to amend the agreement, and were not consulted before the negotiations were completed.
The agreements, with the force of treaties, were approved by the representatives of the people because no agreement was more destructive that the flawed agreeents.

The Fast Track Provision was intended to be tempoary, but there will be a debate over extension of the authority. With the authority, the Administration has the ability to ask for up or down approval of ANY trade agreement. Generally the agreements, regardless of their cost benefity balance are approved on the theory that a bad agreement is better than no agreement at all.
The problems we face with NAFTA are a direct result of this up down without debate provision.

Let's don't start arguing the value of NAFTA.

Let's do start arguing the value of Fast Track negotiation authority. (btw NAFTA also has expirations)
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BBC NEWS http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6304907.stm

1/27/074:15 PM

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DelldudeHall of Famer

Absolutely emphatically NO !!! No debate to it!
It is only the tool's of the GREEDY, LARGE INDUSTRIAL BASE in the United States to eliminate the MIDDLE-CLASS,who litterly "BLACKMAIL",(threaten)its workers to either take large cuts in their wages, and benefit packages, or they will Pack-UP their Factories and move to other countries who pay their people starvation wages. It is also to elimiinate the hated UNION's by the REPUBLICAN PARTIES RICH FRIENDS who CONTROL these INDUSTRIES (CHANEY is a great example)
Not only do the Industrial Giants take our jobs, and close our factories, but then leave us vunerable to having other countries build our weapons ( if they will? and if we have the money, to have them built?)in times of war(being dependent of others to build our weapons is scary indeed. DO WE WANT THAT?
"Hell no we don't!!"
Demand American Made products, BUILT (not just assembled) HERE in AMERICA by AMERICAN LABOUR,and keep our American DOLLAR's here.

Semper-Fi 333

1/28/077:48 AM

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Karl LeubaPost Master

quote:
Originally posted by Delldude:
Absolutely emphatically NO !!! No debate to it!
It is only the tool's of the GREEDY, LARGE INDUSTRIAL BASE in the United States to eliminate the MIDDLE-CLASS,who litterly "BLACKMAIL",(threaten)its workers to either take large cuts in their wages, and benefit packages, or they will Pack-UP their Factories and move to other countries who pay their people starvation wages. It is also to elimiinate the hated UNION's by the REPUBLICAN PARTIES RICH FRIENDS who CONTROL these INDUSTRIES (CHANEY is a great example)
Not only do the Industrial Giants take our jobs, and close our factories, but then leave us vunerable to having other countries build our weapons ( if they will? and if we have the money, to have them built?)in times of war(being dependent of others to build our weapons is scary indeed. DO WE WANT THAT?
"Hell no we don't!!"
Demand American Made products, BUILT (not just assembled) HERE in AMERICA by AMERICAN LABOUR,and keep our American DOLLAR's here.

Semper-Fi 333

I get the distinct impression that you are with me on NOT extending Fast Track Authoirty. I get the impression that you do not think extending it with some STRONG NON NEGOTIABLE PROVISIONS is acceptable. We do agree, Something has to be done. Perhaps this issue should be raised again, say im April. so there is no time to reach any kind of compromise with public imput. The President and Congress will raise it in June, because to keep the authority the President will HAVE to raise it.

I THINK, AND BECAUSE I THINK, it seems wise to raise it NOW.

Semper Fi your own self Jarhead. Being a Grunt, I find it amusing that you Marines are so full of yourselves. (::handshake:

I am only trying to start a friendly war. (:

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2/3/075:50 PM

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