WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s failure to lay out a timetable for winning congressional approval of free trade pacts with Colombia and Panama has blocked renewal of trade programs for the Andean region and displaced U.S. workers, a top Republican lawmaker said yesterday.
“Without this commitment from the administration, other trade measures — such as TAA (Trade Adjustment Assistance) and ATPA (Andean Trade Preferences Act), which we sought to extend this week — are now in limbo and American workers will suffer