Number: RL32829
Title: Trade Issues in the 109th Congress: Policy Challenges and Opportunities
Authors: William H. Cooper, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: The second session of the 109th Congress is expected to face an extensive trade agenda consisting of a wide range of issues. In some respects these issues are distinct, each with its own policy and economic implications. In other respects the issues are interrelated. They have emerged from common sets of domestic political, foreign policy, and economic factors and affect or are affected by the concerns of Members of Congress, of other policymakers and of many interest groups. These issues and how policymakers deal with them will define overall U.S. trade policy.
Pages: 21
Date: February 22, 2006