IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 331
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should seek to 
enter into a free trade agreement with the United Kingdom. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 19, 2003
Mr. SOUDER submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President 
should seek to enter into a free trade agreement with 
the United Kingdom.
Whereas a close, unique economic, cultural, and strategic re-
lationship exists between the United States and the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; 
law, language, literature, common conceptions of what is 
right and decent, a marked regard for fair play, espe-
cially to the weak and poor, a stern sentiment of impar-
tial justice, and above all the love of personal freedom are 
common conceptions on both sides of the ocean among 
the English-speaking peoples; 
Whereas the United States and the United Kingdom have the 
largest and the fourth largest economies in the world, re-
spectively; direct foreign investment flowing between the
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United States and the United Kingdom totals nearly 
$400,000,000,000; this relationship, the largest in the 
world, helps to sustain more than 1,000,000 American 
jobs; 
Whereas economic growth in the United States has been con-
siderably enhanced by bilateral agreements to lower bar-
riers for United States exports; a report by the Inter-
national Trade Commission estimates that the elimi-
nation of tariffs between the United States and the 
United Kingdom would result in an 11 to 16 percent in-
crease in exports from the United States to the United 
Kingdom; 
Whereas the purpose of a free trade area should be to facili-
tate trade between constituent territories and not to raise 
trade barriers against others; trade barriers, by increas-
ing the final price of imported goods to consumers or lim-
iting their availability in other ways, can directly inhibit 
consumer freedom and reduce consumer welfare; 
Whereas countries that open their domestic markets, remove 
barriers to foreign direct investment, and promote free 
enterprise empower their citizens to alleviate poverty; 
both the United States and the United Kingdom have 
sought to expand the idea of free trade through bilateral 
and multilateral agreements and international organiza-
tions; 
Whereas the United States and the United Kingdom are both 
members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and 
its predecessor the General Agreement on Tariffs and 
Trade (GATT), whose agreements and documents guar-
antee the right of countries to enter into free trade agree-
ments with other countries;
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Whereas on August 6, 2002, the President signed into law 
H.R. 3009 (Public Law 107–210), the Trade Act of 
2002, which provides for an expedited procedure for con-
gressional consideration of international trade agree-
ments; and 
Whereas the United States Senate has previously expressed 
its support for a free trade agreement with the United 
Kingdom: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the 
President should take the necessary steps to conclude a 
free trade agreement between the United States and the 
United Kingdom.
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