ment as written, without adding to or di-
minishing rights and obligations under the 
Agreement; and 
(ii) the standard of review applicable 
under the Uruguay Round Agreement in-
volved in the dispute, including greater def-
erence, where appropriate, to the fact find-
ing and technical expertise of national in-
vestigating authorities; 
(D) to seek provisions encouraging the early 
identification and settlement of disputes through 
consultation; 
(E) to seek provisions to encourage the pro-
vision of trade-expanding compensation if a 
party to a dispute under the agreement does not 
come into compliance with its obligations under 
the agreement; 
(F) to seek provisions to impose a penalty 
upon a party to a dispute under the agreement 
that— 
(i) encourages compliance with the ob-
ligations of the agreement; 
(ii) is appropriate to the parties, na-
ture, subject matter, and scope of the viola-
tion; and 
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(iii) has the aim of not adversely af-
fecting parties or interests not party to the 
dispute while maintaining the effectiveness 
of the enforcement mechanism; and 
(G) to seek provisions that treat United 
States principal negotiating objectives equally 
with respect to— 
(i) the ability to resort to dispute set-
tlement under the applicable agreement; 
(ii) the availability of equivalent dis-
pute settlement procedures; and 
(iii) the availability of equivalent rem-
edies. 
(16) TRADE REMEDY LAWS.—The principal ne-
gotiating objectives of the United States with respect 
to trade remedy laws are— 
(A) to preserve the ability of the United 
States to enforce rigorously its trade laws, in-
cluding the antidumping, countervailing duty, 
and safeguard laws, and avoid agreements that 
lessen the effectiveness of domestic and inter-
national disciplines on unfair trade, especially 
dumping and subsidies, or that lessen the effec-
tiveness of domestic and international safeguard 
provisions, in order to ensure that United States 
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workers, agricultural producers, and firms can 
compete fully on fair terms and enjoy the bene-
fits of reciprocal trade concessions; and 
(B) to address and remedy market distor-
tions that lead to dumping and subsidization, 
including overcapacity, cartelization, and mar-
ket access barriers. 
(17) BORDER TAXES.—The principal negotiating 
objective of the United States regarding border taxes 
is to obtain a revision of the rules of the World Trade 
Organization with respect to the treatment of border 
adjustments for internal taxes to redress the dis-
advantage to countries relying primarily on direct 
taxes for revenue rather than indirect taxes. 
(18) TEXTILE
NEGOTIATIONS.—The principal 
negotiating objectives of the United States with re-
spect to trade in textiles and apparel articles are to 
obtain competitive opportunities for United States ex-
ports of textiles and apparel in foreign markets sub-
stantially equivalent to the competitive opportunities 
afforded foreign exports in United States markets and 
to achieve fairer and more open conditions of trade 
in textiles and apparel. 
(19) COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to an agree-
ment that is proposed to be entered into with the 
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership 
countries and to which section 3(b) will apply, 
the principal negotiating objectives of the United 
States regarding commercial partnerships are 
the following: 
(i) To discourage actions by potential 
trading partners that directly or indirectly 
prejudice or otherwise discourage commer-
cial activity solely between the United 
States and Israel. 
(ii) To discourage politically motivated 
actions to boycott, divest from, or sanction 
Israel and to seek the elimination of politi-
cally motivated non-tariff barriers on 
Israeli goods, services, or other commerce 
imposed on the State of Israel. 
(iii) To seek the elimination of state- 
sponsored unsanctioned foreign boycotts 
against Israel or compliance with the Arab 
League Boycott of Israel by prospective 
trading partners. 
(B) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘actions to boycott, divest from, or sanction 
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