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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 134 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should work with 

the Government of the United Kingdom to conclude negotiations for 

a comprehensive trade agreement between the United States and the 

United Kingdom that the President should work with the President 

of the European Commission to conclude negotiations for a comprehensive trade agreement between the United States and the European Union. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 24, 2021 

Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. MORAN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. 

LANKFORD, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. CRUZ, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. 

CORNYN, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. GRASSLEY, and Mr. RUBIO) submitted 

the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Finance 

MAY 25, 2022 

Committee discharged; considered, amended, and agreed to with an amended 

preamble and an amendment to the title 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should 

work with the Government of the United Kingdom to 

conclude negotiations for a comprehensive trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom that the President should work with the President 

of the European Commission to conclude negotiations 

for a comprehensive trade agreement between the United 

States and the European Union. 


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Whereas, on March 5, 1946, Sir Winston Churchill delivered 

the Iron Curtain speech in Fulton, Missouri, solidifying 

the ‘‘Special Relationship’’ between the United States 

and the United Kingdom; 

Whereas, since the end of World War II, the United States 

and the United Kingdom have been beacons of freedom 

to the world, standing together in the fight against tyranny; 

Whereas the Special Relationship between the United States 

and the United Kingdom has driven economic prosperity 

and security cooperation in both nations for more than 

70 years; 

Whereas, according to ‘‘Sterling Assets,’’ a report from the 

Confederation of British Industry, the United States and 

the United Kingdom share the world’s largest bilateral 

trade and investment relationship; 

Whereas, while the United States and the United Kingdom 

already share a robust economic partnership and strong 

labor ties, there remain clear opportunities for both countries to further strengthen those ties; 

Whereas the United States Trade Representative and United 

Kingdom Department for International Trade have engaged in substantive negotiations towards the conclusion 

of a comprehensive trade agreement since May 2020; 

Whereas the United States seeks to support higher-paying 

jobs in the United States and to grow the United States 

economy by improving United States opportunities for 

trade and investment with the European Union; 

Whereas the economic relationship of the United States and 

the European Union is the largest and most complex in 


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the world, with over $1,100,000,000,000 in annual twoway trade; 

Whereas the United States Trade Representative and the European Union have engaged in substantive negotiations 

toward the conclusion of a trade agreement; 

Whereas the United States has historically acted as a guarantor of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, an agreement 

between the British and Irish governments, designed to 

protect peace in Northern Ireland by avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland; 

Whereas Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom, President of the European Commission Ursula von 

der Leyen, and President of the European Council 

Charles Michel signed the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement 

on January 24, 2020; 

Whereas as part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, in 

order to protect the Good Friday Agreement in the aftermath of the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union, the two parties agreed to the Northern Ireland Protocol; and 

Whereas the constitutional power of making trade agreements 

with foreign nations rests with Congress: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that— 

2 (1) the United States should strengthen its 

3 close and mutually beneficial trading and economic 

4 partnership with the United Kingdom that takes 

5 into account, as relevant, conditions requiring that 


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1 obligations under the Good Friday Agreement be 

2 met; 

3 (2) the United States should strengthen its 

4 close and mutually beneficial trading and economic 

5 partnership with the European Union by working to 

6 conclude negotiations for a comprehensive trade 

7 agreement; 

8 (3) the President, in consultation with Con9 gress, should work to conclude negotiations for such 

10 comprehensive trade agreements contingent upon an 

11 agreement between the European Union and the 

12 United Kingdom that fully protects and preserves 

13 the Good Friday Agreement consistent with the sen14 timents expressed by the Senate in S. Res.117 

15 (117th Congress); and 

16 (4) the President, in consultation with Con17 gress, should strive to reach mutually advantageous 

18 resolutions of commercial disagreements between the 

19 United States and the United Kingdom, including 

20 ending the Digital Services Tax on United States 

21 businesses and ensuring a satisfactory final resolu22 tion to the World Trade Organization large civil air23 craft dispute. 

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