Title: Free Trade Agreement Between the United States and the United Kingdom

Summary: Encourages Congress to reenact trade promotion authority to guide executive branch; urges executive branch to negotiate comprehensive & mutually beneficial free trade agreement between US & UK; urges Congress to ratify agreement.

Full Text:
WHEREAS, expansion of global trade, especially with the United Kingd om, is of vital importance to the growth of the United States' economy, small business participation in the international marketplace, and job creation, and WHEREAS, the state would benefit greatly from the ratification of a comprehensive free trade agree ment, which, since the United Kingdom is currently the largest foreign direct WHEREAS, the successful implementation of a free trade agreement will increase exports to the United Kingdom from the state, and WHEREAS, the United States Constitution grants the United States Congress exclusive au thority to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and WHEREAS, the negotiation of a successful free trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom will require bipartisan cooperation between state, federal, and foreign governments, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: That Congress of the United States is requested to reenact Trade Promotion Authority laws to guide the executive branch in pursuing trade agreements, the executive branch is requ ested to complete a timely and successful negotiation of a comprehensive and mutually beneficial free trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom, and the Congress of the United States is further requested to ratify such agreement. HM 1531 2022 hm1531 FL OR I DA HO US EO FR EP RE SE NT A TI VE SR EP RE SE NT A TI VE SBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be dispatched to the President of the United States, to the President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and to each member of the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.