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Menendez, Wyden Announce Human Trafficking Compromise With New Waiver Provision

May 19, 2015 at 6:49 PM
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) on Tuesday (May 19) announced a compromise on human trafficking language in the pending Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill aimed at ensuring that a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal could still receive fast-track protection. The original language, which the Obama administration opposed, was approved by the Senate Finance Committee last month as an amendment offered by Menendez, would have denied fast-track protections for any trade agreement with a...

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