A bill to require the United States Trade Representative to notify the World Trade Organization if any member of the World Trade Organization fails during 2 consecutive years to disclose subsidies under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and for other purposes.
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Feb 14, 2013)
Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to identify and report to the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures of the World Trade Organization (WTO) any WTO member with which this country maintains a material and persistent trade deficit that, for two consecutive years, fails to submit a notification of subsidies under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, or omits information or includes inaccurate information in a notification material to the totality of the member's subsidies.
What just happenedFeb 14, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateFeb 14, 2013
- Feb 14, 2013IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Feb 14, 2013IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate