S 1104 · 107th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance
Trade Promotion Act of 2001
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.(2001-06-26)
Plain Language Summary
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Trade Promotion Act of 2001 - Sets forth the principal U.S. trade negotiating objectives (generally similar to the principal Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (OTCA) negotiating objectives) regarding trade barriers, trade in services, agriculture, foreign investment, intellectual property, electronic commerce and information technologies, worker rights, the environment, trade agreement enforcement, dispute settlement, unfair trade practices, improvement of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other multilateral trade agreements, transparency, and regulatory competition. Urges the President to ensure that trade agreements complement and reinforce specified other policy goals. Sets forth the authority of the President (generally similar to the authority under (OTCA)) to enter into trade agreements with foreign countries regarding tariff and non-tariff barriers. States that a trade agreement may be entered into (before December 31, 2005; or December 31, 2007, if trade negotiating authority is extended by Congress; or December 31, 2009, if a second extension is approved) only if it makes progress in meeting the principal trade negotiating objectives, and the President sat…
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Cosponsors (14)
14 Republicans