Trade Agreements: Requirements for Presidential Consultations, Notices, and Reports to Congress Regarding Negotiations (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
June 30, 2003 |
| Report Number |
RL31974 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Vladimir N. Pregelj, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
The Congress, which has exclusive constitutional power to regulate foreign trade, has authorized
the
President to negotiate and enter into certain trade agreements with foreign countries and have them
implemented by legislation considered under a mandatory expedited procedure and without
amendments. Because of this nonamendability requirement on one hand and, on the other, the
Congress's intent to exercise its constitutional function of fashioning foreign trade policy
so as to
assure that such agreements reflect the objectives set for them by the legislation authorizing their
negotiation and its own diverse interests and goals, the Congress requires the President to keep it
currently informed regarding the negotiations through frequent consultations, notices, and reports
before, during, and after the negotiations. For this purpose, Congress has established two specialized
bodies, which -- in addition to various committees of jurisdiction over the matters involved in the
agreements -- are to receive such communications as well as, in their turn, are to provide advice on
the negotiations and in the formulation of the U.S. trade policy: the Congressional advisers for trade
policy and negotiations, and the Congressional Oversight Group.
This report provides a detailed list of such communications -- together with their statutory
references -- in the approximate time sequence in which they are to take place.
This report will not be updated
