I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6627 
To require the United States Trade Representative to submit a report on 
plans to facilitate the full implementation of agreements of the World 
Trade Organization, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 24, 2020 
Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. PERRY, Mr. WIL-
SON of South Carolina, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mrs. WAGNER, and Mr. 
WEBER of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require the United States Trade Representative to submit 
a report on plans to facilitate the full implementation 
of agreements of the World Trade Organization, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enforcing Account-
ability and Transparency in International Trade Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The World Trade Organization is a 164- 
member international organization that was created 
to oversee and administer multilateral trade rules, 
serve as a forum for trade liberalization negotia-
tions, and resolve trade disputes. 
(2) The United States was a major force behind 
the establishment of the World Trade Organization 
in 1995. 
(3) The United States, along with other coun-
tries, has sought to establish a more open, rules- 
based trading system in the postwar era, with the 
goal of fostering international economic cooperation 
and raising economic prosperity worldwide. 
(4) Congress holds constitutional authority over 
foreign commerce and establishes trade negotiating 
objectives and principles through legislation. 
(5) The statutory basis for the membership of 
the United States in the World Trade Organization 
is the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.), and United States priorities and ob-
jectives for the General Agreement on Tariffs and 
Trade of the World Trade Organization have been 
reflected in various legislative measures providing 
expedited trade promotion authority since 1974. 
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ing measures, providing technical assistance for the 
implementation of obligations under World Trade 
Organization agreements, and permitting countries 
to extend non-reciprocal trade preference programs 
to such developing countries. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON UNITED STATES STRATEGY AT THE 
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the United States Trade Representative 
shall submit to Congress a report describing the manner 
in which the Trade Representative plans to pursue a 
United States strategy with respect to the World Trade 
Organization to— 
(1) facilitate the full implementation of agree-
ments reached by the World Trade Organization; 
(2) enable the maximum benefits from trade to 
accrue to those members of the World Trade Orga-
nization that face the greatest difficulty integrating 
into the WTO multilateral trading system; and 
(3) ensure that any member of the World Trade 
Organization that meets all of the following criteria 
does not receive ‘‘special and differential’’ treatment 
in current or future agreements of the World Trade 
Organization: 
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(A) The member is ranked by the World 
Bank as among one of the top 10 economies in 
the world based on nominal gross domestic 
product. 
(B) The member is also a member of the 
Group of 20. 
(C) The member is also a member of, or 
has begun the accession process to, the Organi-
zation for Economic Cooperation and Develop-
ment. 
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