(1) In recognition that trade policy can result 
in disparate and disruptive changes to the economy, 
the Trade Adjustment Assistance program was en-
acted to help workers adversely impacted by the 
trade policy decisions of the Federal Government. 
(2) The Trump Administration has made clear 
that it intends to aggressively use Federal trade 
statutes, including section 232 of the Trade Expan-
sion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862), section 301 of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411), and poten-
tially the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (Public Law 95–223), to increase tariffs on se-
lected imports. 
(3) Foreign countries affected by such tariff in-
creases have, as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, already raised tariffs on United States agricul-
tural exports or have indicated that they intend to 
respond by raising tariffs on such agricultural ex-
ports. 
(4) Increased tariffs on such agricultural ex-
ports threaten to cost United States agricultural 
producers global market share and reduce the in-
come of producers of affected commodities. 
(5) Farmers adversely impacted by these effects 
deserve adjustment assistance. 
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SEC. 3. ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR RETALIATORY TAR-
IFF INCREASES. 
Section 292(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2401a(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) either— 
‘‘(A) the volume of imports of articles like, 
or directly competitive with, the agricultural 
commodity produced by the group in the mar-
keting year with respect to which the group 
files the petition increased compared to the av-
erage volume of such imports during the 3 mar-
keting years preceding such marketing year; or 
‘‘(B)(i) the volume of exports of the agri-
cultural commodity produced by the group in 
the marketing year with respect to which the 
group files the petition decreased compared to 
the average volume of such exports during the 
3 marketing years preceding such marketing 
year; and 
‘‘(ii) the decrease in exports described in 
clause (i) resulted in whole or in part from tar-
iffs imposed on such exports by a foreign coun-
try in response to United States tariffs imposed 
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on imports from such country pursuant to ac-
tion taken under the authority of— 
‘‘(I) section 232 of the Trade Expan-
sion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862); 
‘‘(II) section 301 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411); or 
‘‘(III) the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (Public Law 95– 
223); and 
‘‘(3) the increase in imports under subpara-
graph (B)(i) or the decrease in exports under sub-
paragraph (B)(ii) contributed importantly to the de-
crease in the national average price, quantity of pro-
duction, or value of production of, or cash receipts 
for, the agricultural commodity, as described in 
paragraph (1).’’. 
Æ 
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