"It includes the strongest commitments on labor and the environment of any trade agreement in history, and those commitments are enforceable, unlike in past agreements".
The F.T.C. said those commitments were enforceable if the company violated them, but the agreement avoided a formal consent decree or litigation, weapons that the F.T.C. had available.
It also argues that an enforceable commitment to ILO standards would leave America vulnerable to legal attack.
All three states have weak plans — not one has made a firm, enforceable commitment to maintain viable wolf populations — but Wyoming's is the worst.
That would mean making legally enforceable commitments to leave the vast majority of known fossil-fuel reserves in the ground.
Any agreement must include enforceable commitments from it to reverse its crackdown on media freedom and civil liberties.
But while the summit meeting's 283-paragraph agreement, called "The Future We Want," lacks enforceable commitments on climate change and other global challenges, the outcome reflects big power shifts around the world.
Mr. Levin, Democrat of Michigan, added: "Congress expects to be consulted actively in these negotiations, and the date targeted by the president can be met only if the outstanding issues are fully addressed with enforceable commitments".
Ms. Palin said her plan was superior because it included "enforceable commitments" from TransCanada and gas producers that want to use the line, including an ability to expand the line so new companies can use it, at reasonable rates.
"However, my support is predicated on the applicants' enforceable commitments to open traditional local markets to competitors, invest in new markets to competitors, invest in new markets and accelerate deployment of broadband technologies.
