(B) to obtain reciprocal tariff and nontariff 
barrier elimination agreements, including with 
respect to those tariff categories covered in sec-
tion 111(b) of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act (19 U.S.C. 3521(b)). 
(2) TRADE IN SERVICES.—(A) The principal ne-
gotiating objective of the United States regarding 
trade in services is to expand competitive market op-
portunities for United States services and to obtain 
fairer and more open conditions of trade, including 
through utilization of global value chains, by reducing 
or eliminating barriers to international trade in serv-
ices, such as regulatory and other barriers that deny 
national treatment and market access or unreason-
ably restrict the establishment or operations of service 
suppliers. 
(B) Recognizing that expansion of trade in serv-
ices generates benefits for all sectors of the economy 
and facilitates trade, the objective described in sub-
paragraph (A) should be pursued through all means, 
including through a plurilateral agreement with those 
countries willing and able to undertake high standard 
services commitments for both existing and new serv-
ices. 
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(3) TRADE IN AGRICULTURE.—The principal ne-
gotiating objective of the United States with respect to 
agriculture is to obtain competitive opportunities for 
United States exports of agricultural commodities in 
foreign markets substantially equivalent to the com-
petitive opportunities afforded foreign exports in 
United States markets and to achieve fairer and more 
open conditions of trade in bulk, specialty crop, and 
value added commodities by— 
(A) securing more open and equitable mar-
ket access through robust rules on sanitary and 
phytosanitary measures that— 
(i) encourage the adoption of inter-
national standards and require a science- 
based justification be provided for a sani-
tary or phytosanitary measure if the meas-
ure is more restrictive than the applicable 
international standard; 
(ii) improve regulatory coherence, pro-
mote the use of systems-based approaches, 
and appropriately recognize the equivalence 
of health and safety protection systems of 
exporting countries; 
(iii) require that measures are trans-
parently developed and implemented, are 
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based on risk assessments that take into ac-
count relevant international guidelines and 
scientific data, and are not more restrictive 
on trade than necessary to meet the in-
tended purpose; and 
(iv) improve import check processes, 
including testing methodologies and proce-
dures, and certification requirements, 
while recognizing that countries may put in 
place measures to protect human, animal, or 
plant life or health in a manner consistent with 
their international obligations, including the 
WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary 
and Phytosanitary Measures (referred to in sec-
tion 101(d)(3) of the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(3))); 
(B) reducing or eliminating, by a date cer-
tain, tariffs or other charges that decrease mar-
ket opportunities for United States exports— 
(i) giving priority to those products 
that are subject to significantly higher tar-
iffs or subsidy regimes of major producing 
countries; and 
(ii) providing reasonable adjustment 
periods for United States import sensitive 
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products, in close consultation with Con-
gress on such products before initiating tar-
iff reduction negotiations; 
(C) reducing tariffs to levels that are the 
same as or lower than those in the United States; 
(D) reducing or eliminating subsidies that 
decrease market opportunities for United States 
exports or unfairly distort agriculture markets to 
the detriment of the United States; 
(E) allowing the preservation of programs 
that support family farms and rural commu-
nities but do not distort trade; 
(F) developing disciplines for domestic sup-
port programs, so that production that is in ex-
cess of domestic food security needs is sold at 
world prices; 
(G) eliminating government policies that 
create price depressing surpluses; 
(H) eliminating state trading enterprises 
whenever possible; 
(I) developing, strengthening, and clarifying 
rules to eliminate practices that unfairly de-
crease United States market access opportunities 
or distort agricultural markets to the detriment 
of the United States, and ensuring that such 
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