Trade and Tariff Act of 1984
The Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 (P.L. 98-573) clarified the conditions under which unfair trade cases under
U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement
, and set out procedures to be followed for congressional approval of future bilateral trade agreements.
The bill was sponsored by Democrat Sam Gibbons (FL-7) and was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 30, 1984.[1]
Congressional gatekeeping
A key feature of the legislation was its modification of the 1974 Trade Act's
Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement
negotiations months before formal talks began, allowing Congress to extract concessions from the President as a condition of letting negotiations proceed.
References
- ^ "H.R. 3398 (98th): Omnibus Tariff and Trade Act of 1984" - Bills. GovTrack.us. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
- ^ Harold Hongju Koh, History of the Fast-Track Approval Mechanism"
This article incorporates public domain material from Jasper Womach. Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition (PDF). Congressional Research Service.
