U.S. Trade Policy

H.R. 496, the "Trade Enforcement Act of 2009", introduced by Reps. Rangel and Levin, would shift some trade power from the President to Congress.  It would create an "Office of the Congressional Trade Enforcer," whose purpose is "to ensure compliance by trading partners of

I have seen a lot of concern expressed about the bad things that might happen to trade policy now that the Democrats are in charge.  Here's a more positive view, from Robert McMahon of the Council on Foreign Relations, writing in Newsweek: Some analysts, however, see an opportunity

... to U.S. trade policy.  It is not clear exactly what this change will look like, but no doubt we will spend a lot of time on this blog talking about it. Here are some of the issues I'll be watching for: --  What will a NAFTA renegotiation look