Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should reaffirm its commitment as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and work with other WTO members to achieve reforms at the WTO that improve the speed and predictability of dispute settlement, address longstanding concerns with the WTO's Appellate Body, increase transparency at the WTO, ensure that WTO members invoke special and differential treatment reserved for developing countries only in fair and appropriate circumstances, and update the WTO rules to address the needs of the United States and other free and open economies in the 21st century.
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should continue to lead reform efforts and urge member cooperation at the World Trade Organization in order to address barriers to trade, improve living standards across the world, and enhance accountability and dispute settlement mechanisms.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 99.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-614.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 99.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-614.
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Administrative remediesCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsFree trade and trade barriersInternational organizations and cooperationNormal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatmentOffice of the U.S. Trade RepresentativeTrade agreements and negotiations
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should reaffirm its commitment as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and work with other WTO members to achieve reforms at the WTO that improve the speed and predictability of dispute settlement, address longstanding concerns with the WTO's Appellate Body, increase transparency at the WTO, ensure that WTO members invoke special and differential treatment reserved for developing countries only in fair and appropriate circumstances, and update the WTO rules to address the needs of the United States and other free and open economies in the 21st century.
USA116th CongressHRES-746| House
| Updated: 12/2/2020
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should continue to lead reform efforts and urge member cooperation at the World Trade Organization in order to address barriers to trade, improve living standards across the world, and enhance accountability and dispute settlement mechanisms.
Administrative remediesCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsFree trade and trade barriersInternational organizations and cooperationNormal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatmentOffice of the U.S. Trade RepresentativeTrade agreements and negotiations