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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Assistance for Firms Harmed by Tariffs on Exports Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides financial assistance to companies harmed by retaliatory foreign tariffs. </p> <p>Specifically, it expands the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms program, which currently provides such assistance to companies adversely affected by competing imported goods and services. </p> <p>The bill authorizes companies that have seen a significant decrease in sales of exported goods or services, in whole or in part as a result of tariffs imposed by foreign countries in response to U.S. tariff increases, to petition the Department of Commerce for trade adjustment assistance.</p>]]></text>
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