[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 134 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 134

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should work with 
  the Government of the United Kingdom to conclude negotiations for a 
comprehensive trade agreement between the United States and the United 
   Kingdom that the President should work with the President of the 
European Commission to conclude negotiations for a comprehensive trade 
      agreement between the United States and the European Union.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 24, 2021

Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Moran, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
 Lankford, Mr. Braun, Mr. Cruz, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Cornyn, 
 Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Rubio) submitted the following 
       resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Finance

                              May 25, 2022

   Committee discharged; considered, amended, and agreed to with an 
             amended preamble and an amendment to the title

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should work with 
  the Government of the United Kingdom to conclude negotiations for a 
comprehensive trade agreement between the United States and the United 
   Kingdom that the President should work with the President of the 
European Commission to conclude negotiations for a comprehensive trade 
      agreement between the United States and the European Union.

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 driven economic prosperity and security cooperation in both 
        nations for more than 70 years;
Whereas, according to ``Sterling Assets,'' a report from the Confederation of 
        British Industry, the United States and the United Kingdom share the 
        world's largest bilateral trade and investment relationship;
Whereas, while the United States and the United Kingdom already share a robust 
        economic partnership and strong labor ties, there remain clear 
        opportunities for both countries to further strengthen those ties;
Whereas the United States Trade Representative and United Kingdom Department for 
        International Trade have engaged in substantive negotiations towards the 
        conclusion of a comprehensive trade agreement since May 2020;
Whereas the United States seeks to support higher-paying jobs in the United 
        States and to grow the United States economy by improving United States 
        opportunities for trade and investment with the European Union;
Whereas the economic relationship of the United States and the European Union is 
        the largest and most complex in the world, with over $1,100,000,000,000 
        in annual two-way trade;
Whereas the United States Trade Representative and the European Union have 
        engaged in substantive negotiations toward the conclusion of a trade 
        agreement;
Whereas the United States has historically acted as a guarantor of the 1998 Good 
        Friday Agreement, an agreement between the British and Irish 
        governments, designed to protect peace in Northern Ireland by avoiding a 
        hard border on the island of Ireland;
Whereas Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom, President of the 
        European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, and President of the European 
        Council Charles Michel signed the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement on January 
        24, 2020;
Whereas as part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, in order to protect the Good 
        Friday Agreement in the aftermath of the United Kingdom's departure from 
        the European Union, the two parties agreed to the Northern Ireland 
        Protocol; and
Whereas the constitutional power of making trade agreements with foreign nations 
        rests with Congress: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the United States should strengthen its close and 
        mutually beneficial trading and economic partnership with the 
        United Kingdom that takes into account, as relevant, conditions 
        requiring that obligations under the Good Friday Agreement be 
        met;
            (2) the United States should strengthen its close and 
        mutually beneficial trading and economic partnership with the 
        European Union by working to conclude negotiations for a 
        comprehensive trade agreement;
            (3) the President, in consultation with Congress, should 
        work to conclude negotiations for such comprehensive trade 
        agreements contingent upon an agreement between the European 
        Union and the United Kingdom that fully protects and preserves 
        the Good Friday Agreement consistent with the sentiments 
        expressed by the Senate in S. Res.117 (117th Congress); and
            (4) the President, in consultation with Congress, should 
        strive to reach mutually advantageous resolutions of commercial 
        disagreements between the United States and the United Kingdom, 
        including ending the Digital Services Tax on United States 
        businesses and ensuring a satisfactory final resolution to the 
        World Trade Organization large civil aircraft dispute.
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