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S 1738 102th Congress Senate Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture in foreign trade EEC countries Exports Import restrictions Meat Nontariff trade barriers Reciprocity

A bill to prohibit imports into the United States of meat products from the European Community until certain unfair trade barriers are removed, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 20, 1991 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 102nd Congress (1991–1992) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Sep 20, 1991
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 20, 1991
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares it is U.S. policy that the European Community's Third Country Meat Directive is an unfair nontariff trade barrier and that it is in the public interest to remove barriers to exports of U.S. meat products.

Directs the President to prohibit the importation of all European Community meat products.

What's happening now September 20, 1991

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3454 Identical bill To prohibit imports into the United States of meat products from the European Community until certain unfair trade barr…
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Nov 20, 1991
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1738: A bill to prohibit imports into the United States of meat products from the European Community until certain unfair trade barriers are removed, and for other purposes.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-S-1738/
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"S. 1738: A bill to prohibit imports into the United States of meat products from the European Community until certain unfair trade barriers are removed, and for other purposes.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-S-1738/.
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S. 1738, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-S-1738/.
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