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HR 6432 114th Congress House

Trade Deficit Reduction Act

Official title: To require the Secretary of Labor to monitor the trade deficits between the United States and other countries, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 2, 2016 See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 2, 2016
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 Latest action December 2, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Trade Deficit Reduction Act

This bill requires the Department of Labor to annually identify each country for which the following apply:

  • the value of goods and services imported into the United States exceeds twice the value of goods and services exported from the United States to that country, or $100 billion; or
  • the value of goods and services imported into and exported from the United States exceeds $1 billion.

Labor shall convene a meeting of the Trade Policy Review Group to develop trade deficit reduction plans with such countries.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6432: Trade Deficit Reduction Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6432/
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"H.R. 6432: Trade Deficit Reduction Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6432/.
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H.R. 6432, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6432/.
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[H.R. 6432: Trade Deficit Reduction Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6432/)
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