[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 293 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 293
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President and United States
Trade Representative should ensure that any future free trade
agreements do not harm the dairy industry of the United States.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 28, 2004
Mr. Feingold (for himself, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Craig, Ms. Stabenow, Mr.
Schumer, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Specter, Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Boxer, Ms.
Collins, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Dayton, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Coleman,
Mr. Leahy, and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
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RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President and United States
Trade Representative should ensure that any future free trade
agreements do not harm the dairy industry of the United States.
Whereas the United States is home to thousands of dairy producers, with dairy
farmers in every State;
Whereas, as of the date of this resolution, the United States and Australia are
negotiating the development of a free trade agreement;
Whereas these negotiations could have dire consequences for several of the
agricultural industries of the United States, including the dairy
industry;
Whereas improper treatment of dairy in the United States-Australia Free Trade
Agreement could concentrate the exporting focus of Australia largely on
the United States; and
Whereas significantly increasing access to the dairy markets of the United
States for Australian imports would greatly undermine milk prices,
thwarting Federal efforts to support dairy producers and their families:
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the President and
the United State Trade Representative should exercise great caution in
negotiating and drafting the trading terms that would apply to the
dairy industry under the proposed United States-Australia Free Trade
Agreement.
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