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S. 1861 (99th)

A bill to establish a national trade policy.

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Introduced

20 November 1985

Last action

25 November 1985 · Committee

Status

Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.

Sponsors

Sen. Mattingly, Mack [R-GA], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS], Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI], Rep. Baucus, Max [D-MT-1], Chuck Grassley, Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK], Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA], Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL], Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN], Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY], Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA], Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO], Rep. Cohen, William S. [R-ME-2], Sen. Wilson, Pete [R-CA], Rep. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI-9]

Subjects

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Summary

Declares that it is U.S. policy to: (1) eliminate or offset foreign unfair trade practices and other trade-distorting measures through enforcement of U.S. laws and rights under the international trading system; (2) strengthen international trading rules and U.S. laws relating to such rules through trade agreements that promote open and fair world trade; (3) aid potentially competitive U.S. industries faced with injury from imports; (4) examine the underlying reasons for exchange rate misalignment and currency market instability and investigate alternative methods of structuring currency values; (5) increase the participation of developing countries in the world trading system; (6) revise U.S. laws related to unfair trade practices to eliminate trade-distorting practices of nonmarket economy countries; (7) protect intellectual property rights of U.S. persons to ensure the competitiveness, technological innovation, and growth of U.S. industry and agriculture; (8) facilitate U.S. exports; and (9) respond immediately to import problems in which national security may be involved.

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Timeline

  1. 20 November 1985

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 20 November 1985

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 25 November 1985

    Committee

    Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.

    Source: Committee

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Documents

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