[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1748 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1748

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United 
  States should initiate negotiations to enter into a bilateral free 
                      trade agreement with Turkey.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 1, 2010

    Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself, Mr. Delahunt, and Mr. Moran of 
Virginia) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United 
  States should initiate negotiations to enter into a bilateral free 
                      trade agreement with Turkey.

Whereas Turkey is the 17th largest economy in the world and is a founding member 
        of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and 
        the Group of Twenty (G-20);
Whereas Turkey has signed 16 free trade agreements with several countries and 
        the European Free Trade Association, and 14 of those agreements are in 
        effect;
Whereas Turkey is in negotiations to enter into free trade agreements with 
        several other countries, including Canada, Lebanon, South Africa, and 
        Mexico;
Whereas United States exports account for 6.09 percent of goods that enter 
        Turkey;
Whereas closer relations with Turkey through free trade agreements would 
        encourage further privatization in Turkey's economy;
Whereas from 2000 to 2009 Turkey's imports posted a 158 percent increase and 
        imports from free trade agreement countries increased by 118 percent; 
        and
Whereas Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic, with 
        an ancient cultural heritage and westward-looking future: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the United States should initiate negotiations to enter into a 
bilateral free trade agreement with Turkey.
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