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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Rangel, Levin Introduce Trade Enforcement Bill
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), and Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Sander L. Levin (D-MI), introduced legislation to promote an effective trade agenda by ensuring that U.S. workers, farmers, and businesses get a fair shake in the global marketplace, and that U.S. consumers have confidence that the products they buy are safe.
H.R. 496, the Trade Enforcement Act of 2009, would actively open markets by eliminating foreign barriers to U.S. goods and services exports, combat counterfeiting and piracy, restore rights under U.S. trade remedy laws and strengthen the U.S. ability to address unfair and illegal trade practices. The bill comes after years of lax enforcement under the Bush Administration.
“In order to reap the benefits of trade, and solidify the United States’ role as a participant in international affairs, it is vital that our trading partners play by the same rules,” said Chairman Rangel. “Our trading partners need to live up to their end of the agreements and open their markets to U.S. exporters. This bill would help eliminate trade-distorting subsidies, and the dumping of products into our market. Simultaneously, the legislation will preserve intellectual property rights, and ensure that exports to the United States are safe. The Trade Enforcement Act will help to regain confidence in U.S. trade policy.”
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