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TOE Alert: Wyden-Hatch Cosponsor TPA without Any Increase in Congress' Ability to Withdraw all or Parts of It

posted by Richard Katz on April 16, 2015

Found in Japan, categorized in Politics

Tags: TOE Richard Katz Congress Wyden Hatch TPA TPP

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Headline

The bottom line is that Congress has no more leverage than it did before over White House negotiating room.

Abstract

In this report, Richard explains why Wyden-Hatch deal on TPA increases the likelihood that TPA can pass the House. 

About Richard Katz

Richard Katz is Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics In International Affairs, the New York correspondent for Weekly Toyo Keizai, a leading Japanese business magazine, and formerly the editor of The Oriental Economist Report, a monthly newsletter on Japan.

Mr. Katz has taught about Japan’s economy as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the New York University Stern School of Business, and as a Visiting Lecturer in Economics at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook.

Mr. Katz is the author of two books on Japan's economic travails and has just finished a third book on reviving entrepreeurship in Japan.

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