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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.
- Commercial treaties.
- Executive-legislative relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (6 pages) : digital, PDF file
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2002.
- System Details:
- System requirements: PDF reader software.
- text file
- Summary:
- Discusses why trade agreements, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 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:
- CRS Report.
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Why Certain Trade Agreements Are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements Rather Than as Treaties
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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