S.Amdt. 1840

SA 1840. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title II of division C, add
the following:

SEC. 3219L. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NEED FOR REFORMS TO RULES OF
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.

It is the sense of Congress that--

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(1) although the United States finds value and usefulness
in the World Trade Organization in fulfilling the needs of
the United States and other free and open economies in the
21st century, significant reforms at the World Trade
Organization are needed; and
(2) the United States must continue to demonstrate
leadership to achieve reforms that restore the effectiveness
of the rules of the World Trade Organization for special and
differential treatment to ensure those rules promote
advancement for truly developing countries, rather than
becoming tools for globally competitive countries such as the
People's Republic of China to be designated as developing
countries to engage in protectionism and market distortions.
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