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HR 3052 117th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance

Digital Trade for Development Act

Introduced: May 7, 2021 Introduced by: LaHood, Darin Republican · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 7, 2021
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Digital Trade for Development Act

This bill prohibits the President from designating any country as a beneficiary developing country if the country restricts digital trade to the detriment of U.S. development goals, strategic interests, or competitiveness. A country with such designation receives preferential trade treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences.

When designating any country as a beneficiary developing country, the President must, in addition to other factors, consider the extent to which such country has (1) refrained from imposing or eliminated digital trade barriers, and (2) taken steps to support consumer protections and the privacy of personal information online and to extend the benefits of digital trade to all.

What's happening now May 7, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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