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[House Document 115-150]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

115th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-150
 
INTENT TO INITIATE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH MEXICO AND CANADA

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                             COMMUNICATION

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

      A NOTIFICATION THAT THE PRESIDENT INTENDS TO INITIATE TRADE 
      NEGOTIATIONS WITH MEXICO AND CANADA, PURSUANT TO 19 U.S.C. 
  4205(a)(1)(A); PUBLIC LAW 114-26, SEC. 106(a)(1)(A); (129 STAT. 350)

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   August 31, 2018.--Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and 
                         ordered to be printed
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                     U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
		 
79-011                    WASHINGTON : 2018                 

                                           The White House,
                                       Washington, August 31, 2018.
Hon. Paul D. Ryan,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: On May 18, 2017, my Administration 
notified the Congress that I intended to initiate trade 
negotiations with Canada and Mexico. Negotiations began on 
August 16, 2017. Since that time, my Administration has worked 
hard with Mexico and Canada to reach a modern trade agreement 
that sets high standards for free, fair, and reciprocal trade.
    I am pleased to report that in only 1 year, we have made 
dramatic progress toward such an agreement:
           It will help American farmers by ensuring 
        fairer market conditions and improved market access for 
        United States agricultural products.
           It will create a more level playing field 
        for American workers--due in part to improved rules of 
        origin for automobiles, trucks, and other products.
           It will include the toughest and most 
        comprehensive labor and environmental rules of any 
        United States trade deal. For the first time in North 
        America, those rules will be enforceable--and they will 
        be strictly enforced.
           It will encourage innovation by providing 
        new and improved protections for United States 
        intellectual property.
           It will contain the strongest disciplines on 
        digital trade of any international agreement, and will 
        provide a firm foundation for the expansion of trade in 
        innovative products and services.
           It will create a more level playing field 
        for American service industries, including the critical 
        sector of financial services.
           It will provide the most robust protections 
        against currency manipulation of any United States 
        trade deal.
           It will give United States policymakers new 
        weapons against the harmful, market-distorting effect 
        of state-owned enterprises on private companies.
    In short, this agreement is a great deal for the American 
people. It sets a new tone for all trade agreements, proof of 
the high standard that my Administration will require of any 
country entering a new trade agreement with the United States.
    I intend to enter into the agreement by the end of November 
2018. Accordingly, pursuant to section 106(a)(1)(A) of the 
Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability 
Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-26, Title I), I hereby notify the 
House of Representatives and the Senate that I intend to enter 
into a trade agreement with Mexico--and with Canada if it is 
willing, in a timely manner, to meet the high standards for 
free, fair, and reciprocal trade contained therein.
    My Administration looks forward to continued collaboration 
with the Congress to develop legislation to approve and 
implement this agreement.
            Sincerely,
                                                   Donald J. Trump.

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