New post added at News Channel 365 - Experts see a Republican Senate and fast-track authority for Obama as keys to new trade agreementsSource: washingtonpost - Wednesday, January 21, 2015U.S. Trade Representative Mike Froman (Center) speaks at a press conference for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a pan-Pacific trade agreement by trade ministers from 12 nations in Sydney on Oct. 27, 2014. The TPP, which would encompass 40 percent of the global economy and include 12 nations, has been the subject of negotiations for years. (PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images) The United States is in the process of negotiating two massive trade agreements: Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). What is the likelihood that the United States signs these agreements? How has the Republican takeover of the Senate affected the likelihood of concluding these agreements? To answer these questions I conducted a second Poll of Political Scientists (POPS). This pool specifically draws on the expertise of political scientists working on issues of international trade by harnessing the potential reviewer pool from the academic journal International Interactions . (For more on the costs and benefits of this sampling strategy, see here . For the first POPS poll, see here .) Michael Colaresi, co-editor of International Interactions, identified a total of 66 experts and contacted them via e-mail to participate in this survey on Jan. 5, 2015. We received 30 completed surveys. First, I asked if the Republican takeover would make the passage of the TTIP more likely. Fifty-seven percent of respondents All Related
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