Calling on the President to initiate renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and further calling on the President to consider withdrawing the United States from NAFTA if the renegotiations are not satisfactorily completed within one year.

United States115th CongressHRES-132House of Representatives
Updated: Feb 17, 2017

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) initiate renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by June 1, 2017; (2) ensure that specified provisions are included in the core text of such new agreement with Canada and Mexico that is to replace NAFTA before finalizing the agreement; and (3) consider withdrawing the United States from NAFTA if each such provision is not included in the core text within one year of the beginning of NAFTA's renegotiation. Calls for negotiations for such new agreement to take place in a transparent, participatory, and democratic manner, ensuring adequate congressional and stakeholder input throughout the process. Sets forth requirements for such new trade agreement.

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  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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