Number: RL31844
Title: Trade Promotion Authority (Fast-Track Authority for Trade Agreements): Background and Developments in the 107th Congress
Authors: Lenore Sek, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: This report gives background on the origin of trade promotion authority/fast-track legislation, trade agreements negotiated under such legislation in the past, the lapse of legislation in 1994, and attempts at renewal in the late 1990s. The report also follows trade promotion authority/fast-track authority legislation as it developed during the 107th Congress.
Pages: 12
Date: Updated April 2, 2003