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Workers' Rights Provisions In Fast Track Authority, 1974-2007; An Historical Perspective And Current Analysis, Carol J. Pier
Workers' Rights Provisions In Fast Track Authority, 1974-2007; An Historical Perspective And Current Analysis, Carol J. Pier
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This article examines the trajectory of workers' rights provisions in 'fast track" authority legislation allowing the U.S. president to negotiate free trade agreements that Congress can only approve or reject, not amend. I begin my analysis with the Trade Act of1974 and continue through the expiration of fast track authority in 1994. Against this backdrop, I critique the workers' rights negotiating objectives and priorities in the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (TPA). Relying on TPA's confused legislative history and basic rules of statutory interpretation, the article seeks to interpret TPA's workers' rights provisions. It concludes by examining the …