A resolution prohibiting Senators charged with certain criminal offenses from receiving classified information, and for other purposes.
- Last Action
- 11/2/2023
Actions
- 2023-02-15Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2023-02-15Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-02-15 (00)
Trading System Preservation Act
This bill authorizes the President to enter into covered plurilateral trade agreements. Covered plurilateral trade agreement refers to a sector-specific agreement within the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO) involving foreign countries or foreign territories that form a subset of the members of the WTO that does not extend benefits on a most-favored-nation basis.
Specifically, the bill requires the U.S. Trade Representative to provide a classified briefing to specified congressional committees on the feasibility and advisability of pursuing and adopting covered plurilateral trade agreements.
After the congressional briefing, the bill directs the President to initiate negotiations for a covered plurilateral trade agreement when the President determines it is in the national interest to do so.
The bill authorizes the President to enter into these agreements in specified sectors of the economy (e.g., digital services and pharmaceuticals), with such authority expiring on July 1, 2028. Further, the President may proclaim a modification or continuance of any existing duty or continuance of existing excise or duty-free treatment to carry out an agreement.
Cosponsors (1)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Subjects
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Free trade and trade barriers
- Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment
- Trade agreements and negotiations
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