The accord effectively declaws both Helms-Burton, which imposes economic sanctions on foreign firms that do business in Cuba, and the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act, directed against companies investing in energy projects in Iran or Libya. And though Clinton claimed that he had reached a compromise that would satisfy Congress, the idea of granting waivers to the very countries the two acts were trying to punish is not likely to sit well with isolationists on the Hill.
By burying fast track and heaping criticism on NAFTA, Congress practically dared Clinton to start acting abroad without them. But he's sure going to catch some hell when he gets back home.