SRES 227
102th Congress
Senate
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Agricultural economics
Agriculture in foreign trade
EEC countries
Export subsidies
Food handling
Foreign trade promotion
Free trade
Nontariff trade barriers
Tariff
Trade negotiations
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that meaningful reforms with respect to agricultural subsidies must be achieved in the GATT negotiations.
Introduced: November 20, 1991
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 20, 1991
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 20, 1991
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that any agreement regarding proposed changes to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) must: (1) achieve the elimination or reduction of foreign agricultural export subsidies; (2) achieve new and expanded foreign markets for U.S. farm products; (3) ensure European Community actions do not limit U.S. agricultural exports to it; (4) not limit the U.S. ability under the GATT to eliminate unfair trade barriers; and (5) achieve an agreement governing sanitary and phytosanitary regulations.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1