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Negotiations convened under section 104(c), meet 
with the requesting congressional advisory group 
before initiating the negotiations or at any other 
time concerning the negotiations; and 
(D) after consulting with the Committee on 
Ways and Means and the Committee on Finance, 
and at least 30 calendar days before initiating 
negotiations with a country, publish on a pub-
licly available Internet website of the Office of 
the United States Trade Representative, and reg-
ularly update thereafter, a detailed and com-
prehensive summary of the specific objectives 
with respect to the negotiations, and a descrip-
tion of how the agreement, if successfully con-
cluded, will further those objectives and benefit 
the United States. 
(2) NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING AGRICULTURE.— 
(A) ASSESSMENT AND CONSULTATIONS FOL-
LOWING ASSESSMENT.—Before initiating or con-
tinuing negotiations the subject matter of which 
is directly related to the subject matter under 
section 102(b)(3)(B) with any country, the Presi-
dent shall— 
(i) assess whether United States tariffs 
on agricultural products that were bound
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under the Uruguay Round Agreements are 
lower than the tariffs bound by that coun-
try; 
(ii) consider whether the tariff levels 
bound and applied throughout the world 
with respect to imports from the United 
States are higher than United States tariffs 
and whether the negotiation provides an op-
portunity to address any such disparity; 
and 
(iii) consult with the Committee on 
Ways and Means and the Committee on Ag-
riculture of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Finance and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate concerning the results 
of the assessment, whether it is appropriate 
for the United States to agree to further tar-
iff reductions based on the conclusions 
reached in the assessment, and how all ap-
plicable negotiating objectives will be met. 
(B) SPECIAL
CONSULTATIONS
ON
IMPORT 
SENSITIVE PRODUCTS.—(i) Before initiating ne-
gotiations with regard to agriculture and, with 
respect to agreements described in paragraphs
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(2) and (3) of section 107(a), as soon as prac-
ticable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the United States Trade Representative shall— 
(I) identify those agricultural products 
subject to tariff rate quotas on the date of 
enactment of this Act, and agricultural 
products subject to tariff reductions by the 
United States as a result of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements, for which the rate of 
duty was reduced on January 1, 1995, to a 
rate which was not less than 97.5 percent of 
the rate of duty that applied to such article 
on December 31, 1994; 
(II) consult with the Committee on 
Ways and Means and the Committee on Ag-
riculture of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Finance and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate concerning— 
(aa) whether any further tariff re-
ductions on the products identified 
under subclause (I) should be appro-
priate, taking into account the impact 
of any such tariff reduction on the
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United States industry producing the 
product concerned; 
(bb) whether the products so iden-
tified face unjustified sanitary or 
phytosanitary restrictions, including 
those not based on scientific principles 
in 
contravention 
of 
the 
Uruguay 
Round Agreements; and 
(cc) whether the countries partici-
pating in the negotiations maintain 
export subsidies or other programs, 
policies, or practices that distort world 
trade in such products and the impact 
of such programs, policies, and prac-
tices on United States producers of the 
products; 
(III) request that the International 
Trade Commission prepare an assessment of 
the probable economic effects of any such 
tariff reduction on the United States indus-
try producing the product concerned and on 
the United States economy as a whole; and 
(IV) upon complying with subclauses 
(I), (II), and (III), notify the Committee on 
Ways and Means and the Committee on Ag-
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riculture of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Finance and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate of those products 
identified under subclause (I) for which the 
Trade Representative intends to seek tariff 
liberalization in the negotiations and the 
reasons for seeking such tariff liberalization. 
(ii) If, after negotiations described in clause 
(i) are commenced— 
(I) the United States Trade Represent-
ative identifies any additional agricultural 
product described in clause (i)(I) for tariff 
reductions which were not the subject of a 
notification under clause (i)(IV), or 
(II) any additional agricultural prod-
uct described in clause (i)(I) is the subject 
of a request for tariff reductions by a party 
to the negotiations, 
the Trade Representative shall, as soon as prac-
ticable, notify the committees referred to in 
clause (i)(IV) of those products and the reasons 
for seeking such tariff reductions. 
(3) NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING THE FISHING IN-
DUSTRY.—Before initiating, or continuing, negotia-
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tions that directly relate to fish or shellfish trade with 
any country, the President shall consult with the 
Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee 
on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Finance and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 
and shall keep the Committees apprised of the nego-
tiations on an ongoing and timely basis. 
(4) NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING TEXTILES.—Be-
fore initiating or continuing negotiations the subject 
matter of which is directly related to textiles and ap-
parel products with any country, the President 
shall— 
(A) assess whether United States tariffs on 
textile and apparel products that were bound 
under the Uruguay Round Agreements are lower 
than the tariffs bound by that country and 
whether the negotiation provides an opportunity 
to address any such disparity; and 
(B) consult with the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Finance of the Senate con-
cerning the results of the assessment, whether it 
is appropriate for the United States to agree to 
further tariff reductions based on the conclusions
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reached in the assessment, and how all applica-
ble negotiating objectives will be met. 
(5) ADHERENCE
TO
EXISTING
INTERNATIONAL 
TRADE
AND
INVESTMENT
AGREEMENT
OBLIGA-
TIONS.—In determining whether to enter into nego-
tiations with a particular country, the President shall 
take into account the extent to which that country has 
implemented, or has accelerated the implementation 
of, its international trade and investment commit-
ments to the United States, including pursuant to the 
WTO Agreement. 
(b) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS BEFORE ENTRY 
INTO AGREEMENT.— 
(1) CONSULTATION.—Before entering into any 
trade agreement under section 103(b), the President 
shall consult with— 
(A) the Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Finance of the Senate; 
(B) each other committee of the House and 
the Senate, and each joint committee of Congress, 
which has jurisdiction over legislation involving 
subject matters which would be affected by the 
trade agreement; and
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(C) the House Advisory Group on Negotia-
tions and the Senate Advisory Group on Nego-
tiations convened under section 104(c). 
(2) SCOPE.—The consultation described in para-
graph (1) shall include consultation with respect to— 
(A) the nature of the agreement; 
(B) how and to what extent the agreement 
will achieve the applicable purposes, policies, 
priorities, and objectives of this title; and 
(C) the implementation of the agreement 
under section 106, including the general effect of 
the agreement on existing laws. 
(3) REPORT REGARDING UNITED STATES TRADE 
REMEDY LAWS.— 
(A) CHANGES IN CERTAIN TRADE LAWS.— 
The President, not less than 180 calendar days 
before the day on which the President enters into 
a trade agreement under section 103(b), shall re-
port to the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate— 
(i) the range of proposals advanced in 
the negotiations with respect to that agree-
ment, that may be in the final agreement, 
and that could require amendments to title
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VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1671 et seq.) or to chapter 1 of title II of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et 
seq.); and 
(ii) how these proposals relate to the 
objectives described in section 102(b)(16). 
(B) RESOLUTIONS.—(i) At any time after 
the transmission of the report under subpara-
graph (A), if a resolution is introduced with re-
spect to that report in either House of Congress, 
the procedures set forth in clauses (iii) through 
(vii) shall apply to that resolution if— 
(I) no other resolution with respect to 
that report has previously been reported in 
that House of Congress by the Committee on 
Ways and Means or the Committee on Fi-
nance, as the case may be, pursuant to those 
procedures; and 
(II) no procedural disapproval resolu-
tion under section 106(b) introduced with 
respect to a trade agreement entered into 
pursuant to the negotiations to which the 
report under subparagraph (A) relates has 
previously been reported in that House of 
Congress by the Committee on Ways and
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Means or the Committee on Finance, as the 
case may be. 
(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the 
term ‘‘resolution’’ means only a resolution of ei-
ther House of Congress, the matter after the re-
solving clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That the 
llll finds that the proposed changes to 
United States trade remedy laws contained in 
the report of the President transmitted to Con-
gress on llll under section 105(b)(3) of the 
Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and 
Accountability Act of 2015 with respect to 
llll, are inconsistent with the negotiating 
objectives described in section 102(b)(16) of that 
Act.’’, with the first blank space being filled with 
the name of the resolving House of Congress, the 
second blank space being filled with the appro-
priate date of the report, and the third blank 
space being filled with the name of the country 
or countries involved. 
(iii) Resolutions in the House of Represent-
atives— 
(I) may be introduced by any Member 
of the House;
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(II) shall be referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means and, in addition, to 
the Committee on Rules; and 
(III) may not be amended by either 
Committee. 
(iv) Resolutions in the Senate— 
(I) may be introduced by any Member 
of the Senate; 
(II) shall be referred to the Committee 
on Finance; and 
(III) may not be amended. 
(v) It is not in order for the House of Rep-
resentatives to consider any resolution that is 
not reported by the Committee on Ways and 
Means and, in addition, by the Committee on 
Rules. 
(vi) It is not in order for the Senate to con-
sider any resolution that is not reported by the 
Committee on Finance. 
(vii) The provisions of subsections (d) and 
(e) of section 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2192) (relating to floor consideration of 
certain resolutions in the House and Senate) 
shall apply to resolutions.
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(4) ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS.—The report 
required under section 135(e)(1) of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155(e)(1)) regarding any trade 
agreement entered into under subsection (a) or (b) of 
section 103 shall be provided to the President, Con-
gress, and the United States Trade Representative not 
later than 30 days after the date on which the Presi-
dent notifies Congress under section 103(a)(2) or 
106(a)(1)(A) of the intention of the President to enter 
into the agreement. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
COMMISSION
ASSESS-
MENT.— 
(1) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO COMMIS-
SION.—The President, not later than 90 calendar 
days before the day on which the President enters into 
a trade agreement under section 103(b), shall provide 
the International Trade Commission (referred to in 
this subsection as the ‘‘Commission’’) with the details 
of the agreement as it exists at that time and request 
the Commission to prepare and submit an assessment 
of the agreement as described in paragraph (2). Be-
tween the time the President makes the request under 
this paragraph and the time the Commission submits 
the assessment, the President shall keep the Commis-