[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 137 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 137

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should work with 
the Government of the United Kingdom to prepare for a future free trade 
      agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 2, 2019

 Mr. Lee 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 President should work with 
the Government of the United Kingdom to prepare for a future free trade 
      agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom.

Whereas, on March 5, 1946, Sir Winston Churchill delivered the Iron Curtain 
        speech in Fulton, Missouri, solidifying the ``Special Relationship'' 
        between the United States and the United Kingdom;
Whereas, since the end of World War II, the United States and the United Kingdom 
        have been beacons of freedom to the world, standing together in the 
        fight against tyranny;
Whereas the Special Relationship between the United States and the United 
        Kingdom has enabled economic prosperity and security cooperation for 
        both countries for more than 70 years;
Whereas, on June 23, 2016, the people of the United Kingdom voted in support of 
        a referendum to leave the European Union;
Whereas the United Kingdom is an important trading partner with the United 
        States, with $232,000,000,000 in goods traded between the two countries 
        in 2017;
Whereas, on October 16, 2018, the United States Trade Representative expressed 
        the intention of the President to negotiate a free trade agreement 
        between the two countries after the United Kingdom leaves the European 
        Union; and
Whereas the constitutional power of making treaties with foreign nations 
        includes both the legislative and executive branches: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the United States should have a close and mutually 
        beneficial trading and economic partnership with the United 
        Kingdom without interruption; and
            (2) the President, with the support of Congress, should lay 
        the groundwork for a future trade agreement between the United 
        States and the United Kingdom.
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