S.Amdt. 1317

SA 1317. Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Franken, and Mr. Blumenthal)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1221
proposed by Mr. Hatch to the bill H.R. 1314, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a right to an administrative appeal
relating to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain
organizations; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Beginning on page 33, strike line 10 and all that follows
through page 34, line 4, and insert the following:
(16) Trade remedy laws.--The principal negotiating
objectives of the United States with respect to trade remedy
laws are the following:
(A) To preserve the ability of the United States to enforce
vigorously its trade laws, including antidumping and
countervailing duty and safeguard laws, and not to enter into
agreements that lessen in any respect the effectiveness of
domestic and international disciplines--
(i) on unfair trade, especially dumping and subsidies, or
(ii) that address import increases or surges, such as under
the safeguard remedy,
in order to ensure that United States workers, farmers and
agricultural producers, and firms can compete fully on fair
terms and enjoy the benefits of reciprocal trade concessions.

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(B) To eliminate the underlying causes of unfair trade
practices and import surges, including closed markets,
subsidization, government practices promoting, enabling, or
tolerating anticompetitive practices, and other forms of
government intervention that generate or sustain excess,
uneconomic capacity.
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