HCONRES 312 · 101th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance

Urging certain "Super 301" actions under the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Japan.

Introduced 1990-04-26· Sponsored by Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-17]· House

Bill Progress

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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.(1990-05-07)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Urges the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to: (1) use "Super 301" under the Trade Act of 1974 to identify Japan as a priority country for purposes of negotiating the elimination of barriers to U.S. exports; (2) identify as trade-liberalization priorities under "Super 301" Japanese practices that are most costly in terms of lost U.S. exports and most resistant to change through market adjustment or prior negotiations; and (3) in determining such practices, give substantial weight to the worsening bilateral trade deficit in any sector where they prevail. Declares that the Congress considers that: (1) the identification of the trade-liberalization priorities in the 1990 "Super 301" report would reinforce other bilateral trade discussions such as the Structural Impediments Initiative talks and the negotiations regarding priorities in the 1989 "Super 301" report; and (2) use of the "Super 301" trade-liberalization incentive would improve prospects for reducing the U.S.-Japanese trade imbalance.…

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Cosponsors (20)

16 Democrats4 Republicans