By Barbara Olejnik
Poultry Times Staff
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — President Obama has signed into law the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation, providing the administration with the tool needed to complete trade agreement negotiations.
The so-called 'fast track' legislation allows the administration to negotiate a trade agreement to be presented to the Congress for an up or down vote with no amendments.
A priority for the White House has been completion of a 12-nation trade agreement — The Trans-Pacific Partnership. Completion of the agreement has hinged on whether the the trade promotion authority would be established. . .
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