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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should reaffirm its commitment as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and work with other WTO members to achieve reforms at the WTO that improve the speed and predictability of dispute settlement, address longstanding concerns with the WTO’s Appellate Body, increase transparency at the WTO, ensure that WTO members invoke special and differential treatment reserved for developing countries only in fair and appropriate circumstances, and update the WTO rules to address the needs of the United States and other free and open economies in the 21st century.

H. Res. 746 · 116th Congress · Dec 6, 2019 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that—
(1)
the United States should continue to lead reform efforts to ensure that the World Trade Organization (WTO) functions as agreed by the membership and is updated appropriately for the 21st century; and
(2)
the United States should continue to urge other WTO members to work with the United States to achieve needed reforms so that the WTO and its members can address unjustified barriers to trade and promote economic norms that improve the standard of living across the world; and
(3)
the United States Trade Representative should continue to lead and work with other countries to pursue reforms at the WTO that—
(A)
address concerns with the WTO’s Appellate Body;
(B)
improve the efficiency and transparency of dispute settlement proceedings;
(C)
remediate the failure to satisfy notification obligations of the various WTO agreements and develop accountability mechanisms to address this issue proactively;
(D)
discipline the use of special and differential treatment for self-declared developing countries; and
(E)
create new rules and structures that can serve the United States interests while promoting peace, prosperity and open markets and societies.