The provisions of the 35-page TRADE act require a great deal
of analysis to be carried out on existing and future trade agreements, but are
not as clear about what is to be done with the resulting information. The act
calls for the Comptroller General to author a biennial report assessing all
trade agreements, including a section of recommendations on how to renegotiate
and improve any particular agreement. Yet how these recommendations will be
evaluated or carried out is not discussed in the bill, leaving it vulnerable to
corporations or governments (US or otherwise) that prefer to ignore these
suggestions in the interest of profit or convenience.