[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 25, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2710]
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SA 5045. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Lee) proposed an amendment to the
resolution 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; as follows:
Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following: ``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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