[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 76 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 76

   Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States and the 
People's Republic of China should work together to reduce or eliminate 
      tariff and nontariff barriers to trade in clean energy and 
                   environmental goods and services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 18, 2009

Ms. Cantwell submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                        the Committee on Finance

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States and the 
People's Republic of China should work together to reduce or eliminate 
      tariff and nontariff barriers to trade in clean energy and 
                   environmental goods and services.

Whereas the United States and the People's Republic of China are among the 
        world's largest economies, are the world's largest producers, consumers, 
        and importers of energy, and are the world's largest sources of energy-
        related greenhouse gas emissions;
Whereas future growth in the United States, China, and other countries should 
        follow a model for energy use that does not further jeopardize the 
        planet's climate and that presents numerous opportunities for 
        significant economic growth;
Whereas a global transformation to the use of clean energy will require the 
        adoption of renewable energy technologies to reduce carbon emissions and 
        to build energy-efficient infrastructures;
Whereas that global transformation will also require substantial amounts of 
        clean energy and environmental goods and services to be traded among the 
        United States, China, and other countries;
Whereas tariffs imposed by foreign countries on renewable energy goods such as 
        solar water heaters can be as high as 35 percent, tariffs on solar cells 
        can be as high as 23 percent, and tariffs on wind power generating sets 
        and hydraulic turbines can be as high as 25 percent; and
Whereas it is in the best interests of all countries to reduce or eliminate 
        tariff and nontariff barriers to trade in clean energy and environmental 
        goods and services: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the United States and the People's Republic of China 
        should--
                    (A) work together to reduce or eliminate tariff and 
                nontariff barriers to trade in clean energy and 
                environmental goods and services; and
                    (B) work through the Asia Pacific Economic 
                Cooperation and the World Trade Organization to reach a 
                multilateral agreement to reduce or eliminate such 
                barriers; and
            (2) reducing or eliminating tariff and nontariff barriers 
        to trade in clean energy and environmental goods and services 
        will allow the United States, China, and other countries to 
        develop, promote, and deploy clean energy technologies to meet 
        global environmental challenges.
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