单词 | fast track authority |
释义 | > as lemmasfast track authority c. U.S. Politics. Designating a process whereby an international trade agreement submitted by the President to Congress can only be voted up or down and is not subject to extensive debate or amendments; of or relating to this process. Frequently in fast track authority: the authority of the President to negotiate agreements in this way (also known as trade promotion authority or TPA).Fast track authority was first granted by the Trade Act of 1974; it has expired and been renewed several times since. ΚΠ 1975 SAIS Rev. 19 26/2 The Ways and Means Committee added a ‘fast track’ mechanism to the veto procedure to assure that a resolution of disapproval of an agreement could not be bottled up in committee or thwarted on the Floor by delaying tactics. 1991 Tucson (Arizona) Weekly 6 Nov. 12/4 He asked Congress for fast track authority so that he could negotiate the agreement as a whole, without legislative approval for each clause in the treaty. 2015 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Aug. 41/4 The week the encyclical was released, Congress approved, in bipartisan fashion, fast-track trade legislation. < as lemmas |
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