Trade Law Reform and Enforcement Act of 1985

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Trade Law Reform and Enforcement Act of 1985 - Title I: Relief from Injury Caused by Import Competition - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to transfer from the President to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) the responsibility for taking action with respect to import relief petitions. Changes the injury test for import relief actions. Requires a petitioner for import relief to show that increased imports are a cause of serious injury to a competing domestic industry. Defines "cause" to mean an important cause even if another cause is of equal or greater importance. (Current law requires the petitioner to show that increased imports are a "substantial cause" of serious injury to such domestic injury.) Requires the International Trade Commission (ITC), in investigating whether increased imports are causing serious injury, to consider the inability of a significant number of firms to operate domestic production facilities at a reasonable level of profit. (Current law does not refer specifically to domestic production facilities.) Requires the ITC, in investigating whether increased imports of an article are resulting in a threat of serious injury to domestic competitors, to consider, in…