Tag Archives: Trade Adjustment Assistance

COVID-19: US Developments – Implementation and Oversight of CARES Act – June 10, 2020

By David Stewart, David Schnittger, Kristina Arianina, Ludmilla Kasulke, Brandon Roman and Mara Sheldon on Posted in Congressional Oversight, COVID-19, Economic Development, Financial Services, Healthcare, International Trade Policy, State & Local Governments, State Attorneys General, Tax
The United States has experienced a sharp increase in the number of new reported cases of coronavirus over the past week, but Beltway media coverage and the policy debate in Washington this week are largely centered on the potential for action in both chambers of the US Congress on police reform legislation. Republicans, emboldened by … Continue Reading

Senate to Act on Trade Measures, including TPA; Secretary of Defense to Attend NATO Defense Ministerial Meeting This Week in Brussels, While Ceasefire Violations Continue in Eastern Ukraine

By Stacy Swanson on Posted in Defense & Homeland Security, US Executive Branch
TPA Moves Separately, Senate Vote Sequencing Outlined After the House Rules Committee approved a vote on a standalone Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill – unlinking it from the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) bill that previously failed in a vote – the House passed the measure last Thursday by a vote of 218 to 208. This … Continue Reading

Senate to Begin Floor Debate of Its TPA Measure This Week; Congressional Committees to Focus on Nepal, Cuba, Extremism in the Middle East, and U.S. Trade Promotion Agencies

By Stacy Swanson on Posted in Defense & Homeland Security, US Executive Branch
Trade Promotion Authority On Tuesday, 12 May, the Senate failed, on a largely party line vote, to pass a motion to proceed to H.R. 1314, which includes Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA). After the failed vote, negotiations between Republicans and Democrats continued in earnest to chart a way forward for the TPA-TAA … Continue Reading
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