Fast track serves, overwhelmingly, the national interest.
It must be renewed, after an unprecedented three year interruption, and it should not be altered in any way that would render it no longer viable as a policymaking mechanism. Growth in trade is vital to sustain our country's successful economic growth strategy. As the world's richest country, largest exporter, and most competitive national economy, we have the most to gain from opening new markets and enhancing a rules-based trading system. At this moment, the fast track negotiating arrangement that has served this nation so well is at risk. Partisan politics from the left and the right threatens to produce legislation that would tie the hands of this President and his successors.