USTR Sends TPP Draft Statement Of Administration Action To Congress

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Aug. 12 sent to Congress the draft Statement of Administration Action for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a procedural step necessary before a draft implementing bill is sent to Congress. According to the fast-track law, USTR must send a draft SAA to Congress at least 30 days before it submits a draft implementing bill, but that does not mean it will be submitted in that timeframe. Congress returns from its summer recess in just...