,,iv  #aae? ,,congress  #b;d ,session   
,h4 ,,res4 #haj  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,april #e1 #bjah,mr4  
,keat+ 7= himself & ,mr4 ,poe ( ,texas7 
submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0     
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,ways & ,means
  ,,resolution  ,reaffirm+ ! trade &    
inve/m5t p>tn]%ip betwe5 ! ,unit$ ,/ates
 & ! ,european ,union is critical to !  
economic & national security ( ! ,unit$ 
,/ates4  ,:]eas ! trade & inve/m5t      
relation%ip betwe5 ! ,unit$ ,/ates & !  
,european ,union is ! l>ge/ 9 ! _w2     
,:]eas x is e/imat$ t 9 #bjae1 ,unit$   
,/ates exports to ! ,european ,union    
support$ #b1fjj1jjj jobs & t ,european  
majority-own$ affiliates 9 ! ,unit$     
,/ates employ$ #d4c million work]s2     
,:]eas /r5g!n+ transatlantic economic   
ties ?r\gh a trade & inve/m5t agreem5t  
has ! pot5tial to re%ape ! rules ( trade
 & to raise global /&>ds on labor &     
environm5tal protections1 intellectual  
prop]ty rights1 digital trade1 inve/m5t1
 & regulatory coop]ation2 ,:]eas 9      

#bjac1 ! ,unit$ ,/ates & ! ,european    
,union ent]$ into negotiations to       
advance ! ,transatlantic ,trade &       
,inve/m5t ,p>tn]%ip1 & ^! negotiations 7
 ongo+ ?r\gh #bjaf2 ,:]eas ^!           
negotiations h be5 on hold s9ce ! f9al  
r\nd ( negotiations 9 ,octob] #bjaf2    
,:]eas1 on ,m>* #h1 #bjah1 ,presid5t    
,trump ann\nc$ a plan to impose t>iffs  
on /eel & alum9um imports to ! ,unit$   
,/ates2 ,:]eas 9 #bjag1 ! ,unit$ ,/ates 
import$ #g4c billion 9 /eel & alum9um f 
! ,european ,union1 :i* w\ld result 9 an
 e/imat$ #b4f billion 9 trade losses to 
! ,european ,union %\ld ! ann\nc$ t>iffs
 be impos$2 ,:]eas job & f9ancial losses
 to ,am]ican bus9esses due to pot5tial  
retaliatory t>iffs on a broad range (   
,unit$ ,/ates exports to ! ,european    
,union1 includ+ on products su* z       
cranb]ries1 peanut butt]1 & orange      
juice1 w\ld be sev]ely detrim5tal to    
,am]ican work]s2 ,:]eas ! ,p's ,republic
 ( ,*9a has also ann\nc$ propos$        
retaliatory t>iffs on #abh ,am]ican-made

 goods1 includ+ cranb]ries1 pork1 &     
almonds1 9 response to ! ann\nc$ ,unit$ 
,/ates t>iffs on /eel & alum9um imports2
 & ,:]eas 9 a proclamation issu$ by     
,presid5t ,trump on ,m>* #bb1 #bjah1    
,canada1 ,mexico1 ,au/ralia1 ,arg5t9a1  
,s\? ,korea1 ,brazil1 & ,european ,union
 memb] c\ntries 7 af=d$ an exemption f !
 ann\nc$ t>iffs until ,may #a1 #bjah3   
,n[1 !re=e1 be x  ,t ! ,h\se (          
,repres5tatives-- 7#a7 reaffirms ! trade
 & inve/m5t p>tn]%ip betwe5 ! ,unit$    
,/ates & ! ,european ,union is critical 
to ! economic & national security ( !   
,unit$ ,/ates2  7#b7 urges !            
,adm9i/ration to prioritize ! pr9ciples 
( fair trade 9 our comm]cial            
relation%ips ) our economic & security  
allies1 especially ! memb] c\ntries ( ! 
,european ,union2  7#c7 approves ( !    
tempor>y exemption f /eel & alum9um     
import t>iffs issu$ to ! ,european      
,union memb] c\ntries & o!r close allies
 ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates2 &  7#d7 urges !     
,presid5t to imm$iately issue a p]man5t 

exemption f su* t>iffs = ! ,european    
,union 9 ord] to af=d our ,european     
allies ! c]ta9ty & pr$ictability t our  
long/&+ transatlantic p>tn]%ip dem&s4