Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) puts the United States in a strong position to lead the way in completing major new trade agreements that advances the global interests of U.S. agriculture. The United States is already committed to multilateral and regional negotiations to liberalize trade, such as in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). TPA clears the way for intense negotiations in these fora and others to begin. It also allows U.S. negotiators to take advantage of promising new opportunities in the future to initiate negotiations on other bilateral, regional, or multilateral agreements. TPA maintains the long-standing trade policy partnership between the President and the Congress, while giving the President’s representatives the credibility to negotiate tough deals.

Statement by USTR Ambassador Schwab on Trade Promotion Authority Agreement (05/10/07)
— Final Bipartisan Trade Deal - Overall facts (.pdf)
— Final Bipartisan Trade Deal on Environment (.pdf)
— Final Bipartisan Trade Deal on Government Procurement (.pdf)
— Final Bipartisan Trade Deal on Investment (.pdf)
— Final Bipartisan Agreement on Trade Policy: Intellectual Property Provisions (.pdf)
— Final Bipartisan Trade Deal on Labor (.pdf)
— Final Bipartisan Trade Deal on Port Security (.pdf)

President Calls For Renewal of Trade Promotion Authority (01/31/07)
— Statement by U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab
— USTR Fact Sheet
— State by State Analysis of the Benefits of Agricultural Trade

Testimony / Press Statements (2002-2002)

• President Bush Signs Trade Promotion Authority Legislation (August 6, 2002)

• Secretary Veneman Applauds Senate Passage of Trade Promotion Authority (August 1, 2002)

• Statement of Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative upon Senate Approval of Trade Promotion Authority (August 1, 2002)

• Veneman Praises Senate Passage of Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Legislation (05/24/02)

• President Calls on Congress to Quickly Resolve Differences on Trade Bill (05/24/02)

• Remarks by Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman International Forum Luncheon Honoring His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda (5/13/02)

• Remarks of Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman Before the International Policy Council on Agriculture, Food and Trade Ottawa, Canada (5/3/02)

• President Urges Quick Passage of Trade Package (04/27/02)

• President's Remarks on the Farm Bill and Trade Promotion Authority (04/24/02)

• President Calls on Senate to Pass Trade Promotion Authority (04/04/02)

• White House Policies in Focus: International Trade

• President Bush calls for Senate passage of TPA in State of the Union Address (01/29/02)

• Secretary Veneman on Senate Finance Committee Approval of Trade Promotion Authority (12/12/01)

• Secretary Veneman on House Passage of Trade Promotion Authority (12/06/01)

• Secretary Veneman Applauds Efforts of Food and Agribusiness on TPA (12/03/01)

• Secretary Veneman's Remarks on Trade Promotion Authority to the New Ag Coalition (06/21/01)

• U.S. Trade Representative Zoellick before the Senate Finance Committee Regarding Trade Promotion Authority (06/21/01)

• President's Remarks To Agriculture Leaders (06/18/01) 

• Secretary Veneman on Introduction of Trade Promotion Authority in the House of Representatives (06/13/01)

• U.S. Trade Representative Zoellick Statement Regarding Crane TPA Bill (06/13/01)