HR 3668 · 101th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance

Trade Relations Assessment Act

Introduced 1989-11-15· Sponsored by Rep. Roth, Toby [R-WI-8]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade, and Monetary Policy.(1989-12-01)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Trade Relations Assessment Act - Directs the International Trade Commission to make an annual assessment of the free-trade status of each country that is a Contracting Party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in order to determine the extent to which each country: (1) opens its market to U.S. goods and services; and (2) fairly trades its goods and services in the international trading system. Sets forth specified sanctions against countries found to have denied access to its markets, including: (1) suspension of benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences; (2) opposition to loans by multilateral development banks; and (3) increased tariffs on such country's goods.…

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