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Pres.Bush&His Corporate Allies Spend Millions toWin House Fast Track Trade Bill |
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by Interview by Between the Lines' Scott Harris.
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14 Dec 2001
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Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Sarah Anderson, director of the Institute for Policy Studies' Global Economy Project, who assesses the factors which led to Fast Track's passage and the fight ahead for activists opposing economic policies that advance corporate led-globalization. |
President Bush and His Corporate Allies Spend Millions to Win House Fast Track Trade Bill
Interview by Between the Lines' Scott Harris.
In a cliff hanger of a vote on Dec. 6, the House of Representatives approved by a one vote margin (215 to 214), the Trade Promotion Authority bill opposed by many labor, environmental and human rights activists. The legislation, formerly known as Fast Track, will grant the president authority to negotiate future international trade deals with minimal debate in Congress and no chance for legislators to propose corrective amendments.
The White House, Republican leaders and their corporate allies spent millions of dollars to win passage of Fast Track, even claiming that a vote for the bill was a patriotic duty while the nation wages war against terrorism.
The legislation next moves to the U.S. Senate, where most observers predict an easy victory for the president. If signed into law Fast Track will enable the White House to expedite approval of the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas treaty or FTAA, which, like the North American Free Trade Agreement has been criticized for the lack of labor or environmental standards and the power it surrenders to corporations.
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Sarah Anderson, director of the Institute for Policy Studies' Global Economy Project, who assesses the factors which led to Fast Track's passage and the fight ahead for activists opposing economic policies that advance corporate led-globalization(A RealAudioVersion of this interview may be found At http://www.btlonline.org).
Contact IPS by calling (203) 234-9382 at www.ips-dc.org
Related links:
"Fast Track "win" could haunt Bush administration -- and Democrats who sided with it," John Nichols, The Online Beat column, The Nation, Dec. 6, 2001.
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