February 13, 2007
WHAT ABOUT THE STEEL TARIFFS?:
Bush close to trade deal with Congress (Eoin Callan, February 12 2007, Financial Times)
The Bush administration is close to a deal with Congress to pass pending trade agreements and form a common international economic agenda for the president's last two years in office, say senior officials and leading Democrats.The negotiations are designed to reach an agreement that would leave the administration six weeks to submit agreements with Peru, Colombia, Panama and possibly South Korea to Congress for ratification. [...]
Agreement by leading Democrats to support the Latin American deals would be followed by further bargaining over trade and currency imbalances with China and Japan and the treatment of vehicles and agriculture in negotiations between Washington and Seoul. [...]
An administration official said leading Democrats and Republicans were ready to proceed despite opposition from "elements in both parties that don't want this to succeed".
If the Democrats screw their base on the trade front it makes the midterm even less significant than we thought. Posted by Orrin Judd at February 13, 2007 10:05 AM
"Agreements by leading Democrats to support Latin American deals"
So a handful of senior Dems support and the rest of the Dems oppose. There will probably be enough GOP nos added to the Dem nos to stop it. And the leading Dems have kept their word while watching it defeated.
Posted by: AWW at February 13, 2007 3:58 PM"Agreements by leading Democrats to support Latin American deals"
So a handful of senior Dems support and the rest of the Dems oppose. There will probably be enough GOP nos added to the Dem nos to stop it. And the leading Dems have kept their word while watching it defeated.
Posted by: AWW at February 13, 2007 4:00 PM