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Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S120-121) Bill TextA bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend benefits to service sector workers and firms, enhance certain trade adjustment assistance authorities, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement Act of 2007 - Trade Adjustment Assistance Equity for Service Workers Act of 2007 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to allow the filing of a petition for certification of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance by adversely affected: (1) workers in a service sector firm, its subdivision, or public agency; and (2) service sector firms. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to provide technical assistance to service industries adversely affected by import competition. Requires the Secretary of Labor to: (1) certify as eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance adversely affected secondary workers in a service sector firm, its subdivision, or a public agency; and (2) upon the request of the President, the U.S. Trade Representative,[...] show full description
Also tagged in: China, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Currency devaluation, East Asia, Foreign exchange, Foreign exchange rates, Governmental investigations, International finance, Nontariff trade barriers, Tariff, Trade
Latest Action: 01/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Bill TextTo require the Secretary of the Treasury to analyze and report on the exchange rate policies of the People's Republic of China, and to require that additional tariffs be imposed on products of that country on the basis of the rate of manipulation by that country of the rate of exchange between the currency of that country and the United States dollar. 1/9/2007--Introduced. Currency Harmonization Initiative through Neutralizing Action Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to analyze annually the exchange rate policies of the People's Republic of China, and to impose additional tariffs, if necessary, to equalize any currency manipulations.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Canada, China, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional hearings, Congressional oversight, Congressional reorganization, Congressional reporting requirements, Dispute settlement, Dumping, East Asia, Executive departments, Expedited congressional procedure, Export subsidies, Exports, Finance, Foreign exchange, Foreign exchange rates, Foreign policy, Free trade, Government information, Government ownership, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, House rules and procedure, Import relief, International affairs, International finance, Latin America, Law, Legislative resolutions, Mexico, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, President and foreign policy, Presidents, Prices, Public meetings, Senate rules and procedure, Tariff, Tax exemption, Taxation, Trade, Trade agreements, Trade negotiations, Valuation
Latest Action: 01/23/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S914-916) Bill TextA bill to strengthen United States trade laws and for other purposes. 1/23/2007--Introduced. Strengthening America's Trade Laws Act - Allows, under specified conditions, certain U.S. persons supportive of the government's position before a dispute settlement panel or Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to participate in consultations and panel or Appellate Body proceedings. Establishes the Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement to provide advice to Congress on the operation of the WTO dispute settlement system. Amends the Uruguay Round Agreements Act to require congressional approval before any modification of an agency regulation or practice that has been adversely affected by a WTO decision. Directs the United States to negotiate with the WTO to determine clarification of its obligations under the Uruguay Round Agreement due to an adverse WTO decision if the United States, Congress, or Commission finds that such [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Bill TextTo suspend the antidumping duty orders on imports of solid urea from Russia and Ukraine. 1/12/2007--Introduced. Suspends the antidumping duty orders on imports of solid urea from Russia and Ukraine.
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Ammonia, Dumping, Fertilizers, Foreign policy, Import restrictions, Imports, International affairs, Nitrates, Nitrogen compounds, Russia, Trade, Trade agreements
Latest Action: 01/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Bill TextTo terminate the limitations on imports of ammonium nitrate from the Russian Federation. 1/12/2007--Introduced. Declares that no limitations contained in the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate shall be imposed with respect to entry of any solid fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate imported from the Russian Federation. States that no antidumping duty deposit shall be required upon entry of such a product, nor shall any antidumping duty be assessed on it.
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Latest Action: 01/29/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned Bill TextTo amend United States trade laws to address more effectively import crises, and for other purposes. 1/29/2007--Introduced. Trade Law Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise factors that the International Trade Commission (ITC) must consider in making material injury determinations in countervailing duty and antidumping duty proceedings. Repeals the one-year monitoring program for cases involving persistent dumping. Requires initiation of an expedited antidumping duty investigation in such cases. Modifies certain factors used to value freight for imputs in nonmarket economy country antidumping calculations. Requires enactment of a joint resolution by Congress before revocation of a foreign country as a nonmarket economy country. (Currently, the administering authority has power to make such a revocation without prior congressional approval.) Applies countervailing duty provisions to nonmarket economy countries. Requires [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Armed forces, Balance of payments, Balance of trade, Canada, China, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Defense economics, Defense procurement, East Asia, Export subsidies, Foreign exchange, Foreign exchange rates, Foreign policy, Governmental investigations, Import relief, International affairs, International finance, International monetary system, Latin America, Mexico, Public contracts, Trade, Trade negotiations, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 04/12/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. Bill TextTo amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is a countervailable export subsidy, to amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy Coordination Act of 1988 to clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to currency, and for other purposes. 1/31/2007--Introduced. Fair Currency Act of 2007 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to expand the authority of the administering authority or the International Trade Commission (ITC) to impose countervailing duties on products from a nonmarket economy country that have been provided a countervailable subsidy. Includes exchange-rate misalignment (undervaluation of a foreign currency) by a country as a countervailable subsidy. Requires the administering authority to use methodologies that measure certain benchmarks outside of a nonmarket economy country where exchange-rate misalignment exists when measuring the benefit of a countervailable subsidy bestowed on [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Armed forces, Balance of payments, Balance of trade, Canada, China, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Defense economics, Defense procurement, East Asia, Export subsidies, Foreign exchange, Foreign exchange rates, Foreign policy, Governmental investigations, Import relief, International affairs, International finance, International monetary system, Latin America, Mexico, Public contracts, Trade, Trade negotiations, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is a countervailable export subsidy, to amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy Coordination Act of 1988 to clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to currency, and for other purposes. 3/7/2007--Introduced. Fair Currency Act of 2007 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to expand the authority of the administering authority or the International Trade Commission (ITC) to impose countervailing duties on products from a nonmarket economy country that have been provided a countervailable subsidy. Includes exchange-rate misalignment (undervaluation of a foreign currency) by a country as a countervailable subsidy. Requires the administering authority to use methodologies that measure certain benchmarks outside of a nonmarket economy country where exchange-rate misalignment exists when measuring the benefit of a countervailable subsidy bestowed [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Agricultural prices, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Business, Congressional reporting requirements, Department of Commerce, Department of Labor, Dislocated workers, Dumping, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Farmers, Finance, Fisheries, Foreign policy, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Health insurance, Health policy, Imports, Income tax, Insurance premiums, International affairs, Job training, Judicial review, Labor, Law, Manufacturing industries, Medical care, Occupational retraining, Performance measurement, Relocation, Service industries, Tax credits, Taxation, Textile fabrics, Trade, Trade adjustment assistance, Trade agreements, Wages
Latest Action: 02/20/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. Bill TextTo amend the Trade Act of 1974 to make certain modifications to the trade adjustment assistance program. 2/8/2007--Introduced. American Competitiveness and Adjustment Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to: (1) trade adjustment assistance; (2) data collection; (3) industry-wide certifications; (4) trade adjustment assistance for farmers; (5) trade adjustment assistance for firms; and (6) trade adjustment assistance for service workers and firms and industries. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise and increase the health care tax credit. Establishes in the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce an Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance. Extends the trade adjustment assistance program through FY2012.
Also tagged in: Balance of payments, China, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Currency devaluation, East Asia, Foreign exchange, Foreign exchange rates, Foreign policy, International affairs, International competitiveness, International finance, President and foreign policy, Presidents, Trade, Trade negotiations
Latest Action: 02/20/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Bill TextTo authorize appropriate action if the negotiations with the People's Republic of China regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulation are not successful. 2/12/2007--Introduced. Imposes an additional duty rate of 27.5 % ad valorem on any article imported into the United States that is the growth, product, or manufacture of the People's Republic of China (PRC) unless the President certifies to Congress that: (1) the PRC is no longer manipulating the exchange rate between its currency and the U.S. dollar in order to prevent an effective balance of payments and gain an unfair international trade advantage; and (2) the PRC's currency is valued in accordance with accepted market-based trading policies. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to begin negotiations with the PRC for adoption of a market-based currency valuation.
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Also tagged in: Canada, Dumping, Energy, Foreign policy, Free trade, International affairs, Latin America, Mexico, Natural resources, Trade, Trade agreements, Uranium
Latest Action: 12/19/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S16017) Bill TextA bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise the antidumping duties and countervailing duties relating to the production of low-enriched uranium, and for other purposes. 12/19/2007--Introduced. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to apply the Act's antidumping and countervailing duty provisions to contracts and transactions of foreign countries (including North American Free Trade [NAFTA] countries) involving the production of low-enriched uranium.
Also tagged in: Canada, Dumping, Energy, Foreign policy, Free trade, International affairs, Latin America, Mexico, Natural resources, Trade, Trade agreements, Uranium
Latest Action: 12/20/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Bill TextTo amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify that the antidumping and countervailing duty laws apply to the production of low-enriched uranium, and for other purposes. 12/19/2007--Introduced. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to apply the Act's antidumping and countervailing duty provisions to contracts and transactions of foreign countries (including North American Free Trade [NAFTA] countries) involving the production of low-enriched uranium.
Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, China, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Dispute settlement, East Asia, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Foreign policy, Free trade, Import restrictions, Intellectual property, International affairs, Law, Legislative resolutions, Nontariff trade barriers, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Tariff, Trade, Trade agreements
Latest Action: 05/22/2008 - Committee on Finance. Hearings held. Bill TextA bill to establish trade enforcement priorities for the United States, to strengthen the provisions relating to trade remedies, and for other purposes. 8/1/2007--Introduced. Trade Enforcement Act of 2007 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise certain trade provisions to require the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to identify and report to Congress on: (1) U.S. trade enforcement priorities; (2) U.S. trade enforcement actions taken during the previous year and their impact in addressing foreign trade barriers; and (3) priority foreign country trade practices the USTR will focus U.S. trade enforcement efforts. Requires the USTR to seek satisfactory resolution of any identified priority foreign country trade practice (including elimination or compensatory trade benefits) with the country concerned under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO), pursuant to a bilateral or regional trade agreement to which the United States is a party, or by any other [...] show full description
Also tagged in: American investments, Business, Congressional reporting requirements, Currency devaluation, Developing countries, Development credit institutions, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Foreign exchange, Foreign exchange rates, Foreign loans, Foreign policy, Free trade, International affairs, International agencies, International finance, International monetary system, Investment guaranty insurance, Sanctions (International law), Subsidies, Trade, Trade agreements
Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Bill TextTo provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes. 6/28/2007--Introduced. Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act of 2007 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to expand the authority of the administering authority or the International Trade Commission (ITC) to impose countervailing duties on products from a nonmarket economy country that have been provided a countervailable subsidy. Requires, when measuring subsidy benefits, the use of benchmarks outside of a nonmarket economy country when benchmarks in such a country are not available or are inappropriate. Includes fundamental and actionable misalignment of a currency (undervaluation of a foreign currency) by a foreign country as a countervailable subsidy. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to: (1) report annually to Congress on international monetary policy and currency exchange rates (including fundamentally misaligned currencies);[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Dumping, Executive departments, Foreign policy, Governmental investigations, Independent regulatory commissions, International affairs, International agencies, Law, Tariff, Trade, Trade negotiations, U.S. International Trade Commission
Latest Action: 06/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Bill TextTo require the President to delay or reverse the implementation of a decision of a World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel or the Appellate Body that is adverse to the United States involving the calculation of dumping margins and weighted average dumping margins, and for other purposes. 6/14/2007--Introduced. Amends the Uruguay Round Agreements Act to direct the President to delay or reverse the implementation of a decision of a dispute settlement panel or the Appellate Body that is adverse to the United States involving the calculation of dumping margins and weighted average dumping margins (zeroing decisions) until the United States has obtained clarification of rights and obligations within World Trade Organization (WTO) multilateral negotiations such that historic practices of the United States are permitted in antidumping duty investigations, reviews of antidumping duty orders, and under any other phase of an antidumping duty proceeding. Amends the Tariff [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Balance of payments, Business, Canada, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional hearings, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Congressional witnesses, Development credit institutions, Dumping, Executive departments, Expedited congressional procedure, Federal advisory bodies, Finance, Foreign banks and banking, Foreign corporations, Foreign exchange, Foreign exchange rates, Foreign loans, Foreign policy, Free trade, Government procurement, Governmental investigations, Holding companies, House rules and procedure, Income tax, Insurance, International affairs, International finance, International monetary system, Investment guaranty insurance, Latin America, Legislative resolutions, Mexico, Monetary policy, President and foreign policy, Public contracts, Senate rules and procedure, Tariff, Tax exclusion, Taxation, Trade, Trade agreements, Trade negotiations
Latest Action: 12/14/2007 - By Senator Baucus from Committee on Finance filed written report. Report No. 110-248. Bill TextA bill to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes. 7/31/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) report biannually to Congress on international monetary policy and currency exchange rates; and (2) appear, if requested, before certain congressional committees to testify regarding such reports.Prescribes report contents, including: (1) an analysis of currency market developments and the relationship between the U.S. dollar and the currencies of major economies and trading partners of the United States; (2) a review of the economic and monetary policies of major economies and trading partners of the United States and an evaluation of how such policies impact currency exchange rates; and (3) a list of currencies designated as fundamentally misaligned [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6403-6404) Bill TextA bill to provide for judicial determination of injury in certain cases involving dumped and subsidized merchandise imported into the United States, and for other purposes. 5/21/2007--Introduced. Unfair Foreign Competition Act of 2007 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize a petitioning party, in an antidumping or countervailing duty investigation, to elect, within 30 days after the investigation has started, to bring a civil action in a U.S. district court for determination that a U.S. industry is materially injured or is threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of imports, or sales (or the likelihood of sales) for importation, of the merchandise subject to the investigation, and that imports of the subject merchandise are not negligible. Authorizes such a petitioning party, within 30 days after a five-year review of an antidumping or countervailing duty order is initiated, to [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agricultural credit, Agricultural labor, Agricultural research, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Alien labor, Budgets, Census, Child nutrition, Children, Consumers, Department of Agriculture, Disaster relief, Dumping, Education, Electronic benefits transfers, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency management, Environmental protection, Executive reorganization, Federal aid to housing, Federal aid to transportation, Finance, Flowers, Food, Food safety, Food stamps, Foreign trade promotion, Fruit, Government information, Government lending, Grants-in-aid, Horticulture, Housing, Immigration, Integrated pest management, Intellectual property, Labor, Marketing of farm produce, Natural resources, Nutrition, Nuts, Patents, Plant breeding, Plant protection, Rural affairs, Rural housing, School lunch program, Science policy, Technology, Telecommunication, Temporary employment, Trade, Transportation, Trees, Vegetables
Latest Action: 04/19/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4754) Bill TextA bill to ensure an abundant and affordable supply of highly nutritious fruits, vegetables, and other specialty crops for American consumers and international markets by enhancing the competitiveness of United States-grown specialty crops. 4/19/2007--Introduced. Specialty Crops Competition Act of 2007 - Defines "specialty crop" as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, nursery crops, floriculture, and horticulture. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act to provide for marketing order specialty crop food safety programs. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) carry out fruit and vegetable market news activities; (2) make grants to states to enhance specialty crop competitiveness; (3) prepare a foreign market access strategy plan; (4) establish in the Department of Agriculture an office for the protection of intellectual property rights in plants and plant-derived materials; (5) make grants for market analysis of antidumping and countervailing duty [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3703-3704) Bill TextA bill to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes. 3/22/2007--Introduced. Stopping Overseas Subsidies Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to apply countervailing duties to nonmarket economies. Authorizes the use of alternative methodologies in determining whether a subsidy is countervailable with respect to the People's Republic of China (PRC). Requires congressional approval for revocation of nonmarket economy country determinations made by the administering authority. Requires a United States International Trade Commission study of how the PRC uses government intervention to promote investment, employment, and exports.
Also tagged in: Armed forces, Balance of payments, Balance of trade, Canada, China, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Defense economics, Defense procurement, East Asia, Export subsidies, Foreign exchange, Foreign exchange rates, Foreign policy, Governmental investigations, Import relief, International affairs, International finance, International monetary system, Latin America, Mexico, Public contracts, Trade, Trade negotiations, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is a countervailable export subsidy, to amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy Coordination Act of 1988 to clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to currency, and for other purposes. 3/7/2007--Introduced. Fair Currency Act of 2007 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to expand the authority of the administering authority or the International Trade Commission (ITC) to impose countervailing duties on products from a nonmarket economy country that have been provided a countervailable subsidy. Includes exchange-rate misalignment (undervaluation of a foreign currency) by a country as a countervailable subsidy. Requires the administering authority to use methodologies that measure certain benchmarks outside of a nonmarket economy country where exchange-rate misalignment exists when measuring the benefit of a countervailable subsidy bestowed [...] show full description
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