<P> President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act ( RTAA ) into law in 1934 . RTAA gave the president power to negotiate bilateral , reciprocal trade agreements with other countries . This law enabled Roosevelt to liberalize American trade policy around the globe . It is widely credited with ushering in the era of liberal trade policy that persists to this day . </P>
what did the reciprocal trade agreements act of 1934 give the president the power to do
power to negotiate bilateral , reciprocal trade agreements with other countries