BIT, Free Trade Agreements, NAFTA, Trade Promotion Authority, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Treaty, United States
U.S. Free Trade Agreements and Bilateral Investment Treaties: How Does Ratification Differ?
A lot has been written recently about the importance of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) in the context of the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. TPA is the authority Congress grants to the President to enter into certain reciprocal trade agreements that Congress can approve or disapprove but cannot…