3.0.0 364 2023-01-11T20:04:59Z 2023-01-11T20:04:59Z Senate S S 2007-01-23 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-23T19:50:52Z 2007-01-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S916-921) IntroReferral 2007-01-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S914-916) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV N Foreign Trade and International Finance Administrative procedure Canada China Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional hearings Congressional oversight Congressional reorganization Congressional reporting requirements Countervailing duties Dispute settlement Dumping East Asia Expedited congressional procedure Export subsidies Exports Finance and Financial Sector Foreign exchange Free trade Government Operations and Politics Government ownership Government publicity Governmental investigations House rules and procedure Import relief International Affairs Latin America Law Legislative resolutions Mexico Office of the U.S. Trade Representative President and foreign policy Prices Public meetings Senate rules and procedure Tariff Tax exemption Taxation Trade agreements Trade negotiations Valuation Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2007-01-23 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-06T19:10:22Z Strengthening America's Trade Laws Act - Allows, under specified conditions, certain U.S. persons supportive of the government's position before a dispute settlement panel or Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to participate in consultations and panel or Appellate Body proceedings.

Establishes the Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement to provide advice to Congress on the operation of the WTO dispute settlement system.

Amends the Uruguay Round Agreements Act to require congressional approval before any modification of an agency regulation or practice that has been adversely affected by a WTO decision.

Directs the United States to negotiate with the WTO to determine clarification of its obligations under the Uruguay Round Agreement due to an adverse WTO decision if the United States, Congress, or Commission finds that such decision created obligations never agreed to by the United States.

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make specified changes to strengthen the Act's antidumping and countervailing duty provisions. Requires congressional approval for revocation of nonmarket economy country determinations made by the administering authority.

Expands the authority of the administering authority or the International Trade Commission (ITC) to impose countervailing duties on products from a nonmarket economy country that have been provided a countervailable subsidy. Includes exchange-rate manipulation by a country as a countervailable subsidy.

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require a recommendation from the ITC before the President can impose a duty on an imported Chinese product that causes or threatens market disruption to a like U.S. product.

Applies the amendments made by this Act to goods from Canada and Mexico.

]]> Strengthening America's Trade Laws Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to strengthen United States trade laws and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Strengthening America's Trade Laws Act Short Titles as Introduced Strengthening America's Trade Laws Act Introduced in Senate 2007-01-23T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s364is/xml/BILLS-110s364is.xml 2007-01-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S916-921) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.