White House Working With Congress on Language to Implement TPP, Froman Says [View all]

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https://morningconsult.com/alert/administration-working-with-congress-on-language-to-implement-tpp-ambassador-says/

The Obama administration is working with members of Congress to craft the legislative language necessary to bring the Trans-Pacific Partnership before both chambers of Congress for final approval, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said Monday. Froman, who was the U.S.’ lead negotiator for the 12-nation TPP trade deal, said at a Council on Foreign Relations event Monday that the administration would like to see Congress approve the agreement “as quickly as possible.”

“And we’re working with congressional leaders and with the leaders of our committees … to chart that pathway forward — laying the groundwork, doing the preparatory work, drafting the bills, drafting the reports that need to get done,” Froman said.

As part of the TPP approval process, Congress must pass an “implementing bill” that’s subject to the fast-track, amendment-free procedures it authorized in summer 2015 when a trade promotion authority measure passed after overcoming a number of procedural hiccups. The ongoing work on the implementing bill will ensure that “when that window of opportunity opens, we’ll be ready to walk through it,” Froman added. “And that’s … what the work over the next few months is going to take.”

The TPP is still highly controversial with both parties in both chambers of Congress — a problem that’s become even more acute for TPP supporters now that both major party presidential nominees publicly oppose the deal. Froman, however, said he’s optimistic that “there’s a lot of desire to get it done.”


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