Why Certain Trade Agreements Are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements Rather Than as Treaties
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Trade agreements such asthe NAFTA and the GATT Uruguay Round agreements have been approved by a majority vote of each House of Congress rather than by twothirds vote of the Senate — that is, they have been treated as congressional-executive agreements rather than treaties. The congressional-executive agreement has been the vehicle for implementing ingress' long-standing policy of seeking trade benefits for the United States through reciprocal trade negotiations. In a succession of statutes, Con…
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Date:
August 14, 2002
Creator:
Grimmett, Jeanne J.
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