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Fair Trade Archive: GTW E-Newsletters, Action Alerts, and Updates
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Fast Track
“Fast Track” is the process that gives the executive branch the authority to negotiate and write trade agreements without consulting legislators on either the state or federal level. Today's trade agreements set rules that implicate a range of domestic policies at the state and local level. Fast Track ignores the United States' longstanding tradition of federalism by denying state and local officials to have even the cursory role that is provided to Congress. The outdated Fast Track that is now in place drastically undermines state and local officials’ authority and policy space. In 2007, the current grant of Fast Track will expire, giving state and local legislators a once-in-a-decade opportunity to replace it with a more democratic and accountable mechanism that requires states give their prior informed consent before being bound to the terms of trade deals.
Click here to learn more about Fast Track.
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