Why Certain Trade Agreements Are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements Rather Than as Treaties.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Rules and practice.

United States.

United States. Congress.

Executive-legislative relations.

Commercial treaties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discusses why trade agreements, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and World Trade Organization agreements, have been treated as Congressional-executive agreements subject to a majority vote of both houses of Congress rather than as treaties requiring a two-thirds vote of the Senate.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Why Certain Trade Agreements Are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements Rather Than as Treaties

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