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With GOP in Control, Trade Deals Will Follow.

Publication: Kiplinger Business Forecasts
Date: Tuesday, November 26 2002

Byline:Andrew C. Schneider

Republican control of Capitol Hill will help the White House jump-start bilateral trade talks and bolster export opportunities for U.S. businesses. GOP gains reduce the risk of trade deals being waylaid by Democrats' demands to include provisions punishing trade partners if they fall short on environmental or labor standards.

Armed with fast-track trade negotiating powers, or trade promotion authority (TPA), as well as a friendly Congress, President Bush is finally in a position to make good on market-opening promises dating back t

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