[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 134 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st 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 free trade agreement between the United States and the 
                            United Kingdom.


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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, and Mr. Braun) 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 conclude negotiations for a 
 comprehensive 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 driven economic prosperity and security cooperation in both 
        nations for more than 70 years;
Whereas 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, there remain clear opportunities for both 
        countries to further strengthen economic 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 free trade agreement since May 2020; 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 strengthen their close and 
        mutually beneficial trading and economic partnership with the 
        United Kingdom;
            (2) the President, with the support of Congress, should 
        work to conclude negotiations for a comprehensive future trade 
        agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom; and
            (3) during the course of finalizing a trade agreement, the 
        President, in consultation with Congress, should strive to 
        reach a mutually advantageous resolution of commercial 
        disagreements between the United States and the United Kingdom.
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