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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY SIEVERS, VAN FOSSEN, ELGIN, DRAKE,
1 3 JENKINS, MILLAGE, METCALF, HANSEN, LARSON,
1 4 SIEGRIST, HEATON, GIPP, AND RANTS
1 5 A Concurrent Resolution urging the Iowa congressional
1 6 delegation to support and work to implement the
1 7 renewal of the trade promotion authority of the
1 8 President of the United States.
1 9 WHEREAS, since 1974, Presidents of the United
1 10 States used trade promotion authority, formerly known
1 11 as fast track authority, to negotiate trade agreements
1 12 that reduced barriers to American exports in foreign
1 13 markets; and
1 14 WHEREAS, the President of the United States has
1 15 been without trade promotion authority since 1994; and
1 16 WHEREAS, it is increasingly difficult for the
1 17 United States to actively participate in the
1 18 international trade arena; and
1 19 WHEREAS, of the current 130 multilateral trade
1 20 agreements in the world, most of which were signed
1 21 since 1990, the United States is party to only two,
1 22 the European Union is party to 27, and Mexico is party
1 23 to 28; and
1 24 WHEREAS, under trade promotion authority, trade
1 25 agreements are submitted to Congress for approval or
1 26 disapproval under rules barring committee or floor
1 27 amendments; and
1 28 WHEREAS, trade promotion authority does not give
1 29 the President of the United States a blank check to
1 30 negotiate trade agreements, nor does it undermine the
2 1 constitutional prerogatives of Congress; and
2 2 WHEREAS, if the President of the United States
2 3 cannot wield trade promotion authority, no country
2 4 will initiate serious trade negotiations with the
2 5 United States; and
2 6 WHEREAS, trade promotion authority guarantees that
2 7 trade accords negotiated in good faith with the
2 8 President of the United States will not be changed
2 9 later by Congress; and
2 10 WHEREAS, the free trade agreements achieved under
2 11 trade promotion authority have provided tangible
2 12 benefits for the American economy; and
2 13 WHEREAS, trade is vitally important to Iowa's
2 14 agricultural economy and Iowa family farmers as Iowa
2 15 sold $3.2 billion of agricultural products to export
2 16 markets in 1999, about 30 percent of the total value
2 17 of Iowa's agricultural production; NOW THEREFORE,
2 18 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 19 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Iowa congressional
2 20 delegation is urged to support and work to implement
2 21 renewal of the trade promotion authority of the
2 22 President of the United States; and
2 23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That official copies of
2 24 this Resolution be sent to the members of the Iowa
2 25 congressional delegation.
2 26 LSB 3740YH 79
2 27 tm/pj/5.1
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