House
Concurrent
Resolution
6
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Introduced
HOUSE
CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
NO.
6
BY
WILLS
,
STONE
,
WESTRICH
,
BRADLEY
,
MOORE
,
JENEARY
,
DOLECHECK
,
FISHER
,
GRABER
,
BAXTER
,
SHIPLEY
,
KAUFMANN
,
and
KLEIN
A
Concurrent
Resolution
calling
for
and
supporting
the
1
creation
of
a
bilateral
trade
agreement
between
the
2
United
States
and
Taiwan.
3
WHEREAS,
the
United
States
and
Taiwan
have
enjoyed
a
4
long-standing
partnership
with
the
shared
common
values
5
of
freedom,
democracy,
and
human
rights;
and
6
WHEREAS,
Taiwan
is
a
vibrant
and
dynamic
democracy,
7
described
as
a
“democratic
beacon
of
hope”
for
the
8
Indo-Pacific
region,
serving
as
a
key
trading
partner
9
and
strategic
ally
to
the
United
States,
and
ranking
10
11th
in
the
world
on
the
Heritage
Foundation’s
2020
11
Index
of
Economic
Freedom;
and
12
WHEREAS,
the
United
States
ranks
as
Taiwan’s
13
second-largest
trading
partner
and
its
third-largest
14
source
of
energy
imports;
and
15
WHEREAS,
Taiwan
was
the
United
States’
ninth-largest
16
trading
partner
in
the
first
half
of
2020,
its
17
seventh-largest
agricultural
export
market
in
2019,
and
18
its
fifth-largest
export
market
for
United
States
beef
19
in
2020;
and
20
WHEREAS,
Taiwan
supported
over
373,000
well-paying
21
American
jobs
through
investment
from
Taiwan-affiliated
22
companies
and
exports
of
United
States
goods
and
23
services
to
Taiwan
in
2019,
and
the
two-way
trade
24
volume
reached
$103.9
billion
in
2019;
and
25
WHEREAS,
it
is
in
the
interests
of
both
nations
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to
negotiate
a
bilateral
trade
agreement
during
the
1
COVID-19
pandemic
to
further
expand
the
global
market
2
and
secure
international
supply
chains;
and
3
WHEREAS,
American
and
Taiwanese
industries
are
4
highly
complementary,
and
a
bilateral
trade
agreement
5
would
facilitate
cross-border
commerce
ensuring
mutual
6
market
access
and
enabling
legal
harmonization
in
7
digital
trade,
intellectual
property,
medical
device
8
standards,
and
many
other
areas;
and
9
WHEREAS,
on
December
19,
2019,
161
bipartisan
10
members
of
the
United
States
House
of
Representatives
11
sent
a
joint
letter
of
support
for
signing
a
bilateral
12
trade
agreement
with
Taiwan;
and
13
WHEREAS,
a
bilateral
trade
agreement
would
not
only
14
further
strengthen
both
sides’
economic
cooperation
15
and
their
trading
partnership
but
also
create
growth
16
opportunities
for
United
States
jobs
and
exports
to
the
17
benefit
of
the
United
States
economy;
NOW
THEREFORE,
18
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
THE
19
SENATE
CONCURRING,
That
the
General
Assembly
of
the
20
State
of
Iowa
supports
and
urges
the
President
of
the
21
United
States
to
launch
immediate
negotiations
with
22
Taiwan
with
the
objective
of
establishing
a
bilateral
23
trade
agreement
between
our
two
democracies;
and
24
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
upon
passage
of
this
25
resolution,
the
Secretary
of
the
Senate
shall
transmit
26
copies
of
this
resolution
to
the
President
of
the
27
United
States.
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