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Article: TRADE-U.S.: LABOR GROUPS DECRY COMPROMISE WITH WHITE HOUSE
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
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- June 26, 2007
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Emad Mekay
Inter Press Service English News Wire
06-26-2007
WASHINGTON, Jun. 25, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- White House officials and
congressional leaders finalized a legal text on Monday that paves
the way for Congress to pass free trade agreements with Peru,
Panama, Colombia and Korea.
At least one trade agreement is likely to be forged as early as
next month due to the legal text, which regulates the process
through which lawmakers consider pending free trade agreements.
Advocacy groups have blasted the measure, claiming that Democrats
have reneged on promises that led them to power last fall.
The legal text implements a bipartisan agreement reached on May
10 between the White House and Republican ...