Trade officials the Singapore meeting showed no progress toward agreement on a separate declaration regarding the Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs).
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Trade officials the Singapore meeting showed no progress toward agreement on a separate declaration regarding the Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs).
Secretary of State Colin Powell has thrown his weight behind the current effort in Congress to grant fast-track trade negotiating authority to President Bush.
The U.S. International Trade Commission will vote early next week on whether or not steel imports have caused injury to domestic producers of a wide range of steel products, ending the first phase of a section 201 investigation launched by the Bush Administration.
_title: EU SAYS ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT RAISED CHANGES TO WTO TAX RULES
The House Ways & Means Committee has passed a fast-track bill developed by chairman Bill Thomas (R-CA) with a handful of Democrats on a largely partisan vote of 26 to 13. The two Democrats who supported the bill at the Oct. 9 markup were the members involved in developing the measure, Reps. William Jefferson (LA) and John Tanner (TN).
The Thomas bill is expected to pass out of committee with as few as two Democratic votes --
In a surprise move, House Ways& Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (R-CA) postponed a scheduled markup for a fast-track bill he has developed with a handful of Democrats and announced he plans a vote early next week.
_title: RANGEL CALLS FOR FAST-TRACK MEETING OF BOTH PARTIES, ADMINISTRATION
_title: RANGEL BACKS AWAY FROM CONGRESS-ADMINISTRATION FAST-TRACK MEETING
_title: RANGEL SEES ADMINISTRATION BACKING THOMAS FAST-TRACK BILL
_title: BUSH HIGHLIGHTS COOPERATION WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
It is time for the Administration to step up its role after House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (R-CA) released a draft outline for fast-track legislation, he told the Global Business Dialogue on Sept. 28. That proposal --
The AFL-CIO, a number of its affiliates and major environmental groups have separately spoken out against efforts in Congress to push ahead with controversial legislation to extend fast-track authority to President Bush as the U.S. government attempts to respond to last month's terrorist attacks. The groups argue that moving forward on a fast-track proposal put forward last week by House Ways and Means Chairman Bill Thomas (R-CA) would destroy the current bipartisan nature of congressional action focused on dealing with the economic and national security consequences of the attacks.
U.S. trade officials have taken what could be a first step towards a free trade agreement with Central American countries. The effort appears linked to securing support from those countries for the launch of a new round of multilateral trade talks later this year.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (R-CA) plans to hold a markup next week of a fast-track bill developed with three members of the Democratic caucus, amid protests from other Democrats such as Rep. Bob Matsui (D-CA).