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HRES 224 106th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Agricultural biotechnology Agricultural subsidies Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Developing countries Dispute settlement Environmental Protection Export subsidies Food adulteration and inspection Food supply Food supply insurance Free trade Government Operations and Politics Government ownership Import quotas International Affairs International agencies Labor and Employment Nontariff trade barriers

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on agricultural trade negotiations.

Introduced: June 25, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Agreed to (House)
Jul 1, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jun 25, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 25, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should adopt certain trade negotiating objectives, including: (1) the initiation of a round of multilateral trade negotiations that continues to reform agricultural and food trade policy and increases trade liberalization in agriculture and food; (2) the elimination of all export subsidies and nontariff barriers to trade, including tightening of rules for their circumvention; (3) the elimination of state trading enterprises; (4) the accelerated resolution of trade disputes and prompt enforcement of dispute panels of the World Trade Organization (WTO); (5) the provision of food security for importing nations by ensuring access to supplies through a commitment by WTO member countries not to restrict or prohibit the export of agricultural products; and (6) the establishment of WTO rules that will allow developing countries to graduate to full participation in, and obligations under, the WTO.
What's happening now July 1, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 224: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on agricultural trade negotiations.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HRES-224/
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"H. Res. 224: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on agricultural trade negotiations.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HRES-224/.
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H. Res. 224, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HRES-224/.
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