[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2796 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2796

  To authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement with Uruguay.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 25, 2002

   Mr. Lugar (for himself, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
    Nickles, Mr. Graham, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Specter, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. 
   Cochran) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement with Uruguay.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Uruguay Free Trade 
Agreement Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Economic growth in the United States has been 
        considerably enhanced by bilateral agreements to lower barriers 
        for United States exports.
            (2) Free trade agreements facilitate economic growth which 
        enhances the welfare and quality of life of all citizens of the 
        countries which are party to the agreements.
            (3) Countries that open their domestic markets, remove 
        barriers to foreign direct investment, and promote free 
        enterprise, empower their citizens to escape poverty and 
        maintain social and environmental values.
            (4) Since the mid-1970's, Uruguay has implemented 
        successfully a number of economic and legal reforms, including 
        opening its markets and strengthening the rule of law.

SEC. 3. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO TRADE.

    It is the policy of the United States to seek the elimination of 
tariff and non-tariff barriers in order to achieve more open market 
access through bilateral free trade agreements. The free trade 
agreements should address the following: 
            (1) National treatment and market access for agricultural 
        and industrial products.
            (2) Rules for determining which goods originate in the 
        territory of the United States and which goods originate in the 
        territory of the other party to the agreement.
            (3) Customs procedures that facilitate trade and collection 
        of trade statistics, while ensuring the validity of claims for 
        preferential treatment.
            (4) Science-based, nondiscriminatory sanitary, 
        phytosanitary, and technical standards, including voluntary 
        standards.
            (5) Safeguard provisions consistent with international law.
            (6) Government procurement procedures.
            (7) National treatment and rights of establishment for 
        foreign direct investors.
            (8) National treatment and market access for traded 
        services, including consumption of services abroad, cross-
        border provision of services, rights of establishment of 
        commercial presence, and the movement of natural persons.
            (9) Protection of intellectual property.
            (10) Transparency of legal and regulatory regimes.
            (11) Measures to promote electronic commerce.
            (12) Adherence to internationally recognized core labor 
        standards.

SEC. 4. NEGOTIATION OF A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH URUGUAY.

    The President is authorized to enter into an agreement with Uruguay 
consistent with the policy described in section 3.
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