,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cbhi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bf1     
#bjah,mrs4 ,mc,caskill introduced the   
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,trade ,act of 
#aigd to provide adjustment assistance  
to certain workers adversely affected by
 reduced exports resulting from tariffs 
imposed as retaliation for ,united      
,states tariff increases1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,assistance for     
,workers ,harmed by ,tariffs on ,exports
 ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds   
the following3  7#a7 ,in recognition    
that trade policy can result in         
disparate and disruptive changes to the 
economy1 the ,trade ,adjustment         
,assistance program was enacted to help 
workers adversely impacted by the trade 
policy decisions of the ,federal        
,government4  7#b7 ,the ,trump          
,administration has made clear that it  

intends to aggressively use ,federal    
trade statutes1 including section #bcb  
of the ,trade ,expansion ,act of #aifb  
7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #ahfb71 section #cja of  
the ,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 
#bdaa71 and potentially the             
,international ,emergency ,economic     
,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja et    
seq471 to increase tariffs on selected  
imports4  7#c7 ,foreign countries       
affected by such tariff increases have1 
as of the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 already raised tariffs on ,united 
,states exports or have indicated that  
they intend to respond by raising       
tariffs on such exports4  7#d7          
,increased tariffs on such exports      
threaten to reduce employment in        
affected sectors of the ,united ,states 
economy4  7#e7 ,workers adversely       
impacted by these effects deserve       
adjustment assistance4  #c4 ,adjustment 
assistance for retaliatory tariff       
increases ,section #bbb7;a77#b7 of the  
,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4     

#bbgb7;a77#b77 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subparagraph 7,a77iii71 by striking or  
at the end2  7#b7 in subparagraph       
7,b77ii71 by striking the period at the 
end and inserting 2 or2 and  7#c7 by    
adding at the end the following3  7,c7  
7i7 the sales or production1 or both1 of
 such firm have decreased absolutely2   
7ii7 exports of articles produced or    
services supplied by such workers' firm 
have decreased2  7iii7 the decrease in  
exports described in clause 7ii7        
resulted in whole or in part from duties
 imposed on such exports by a foreign   
country in response to duties imposed by
 the ,united ,states on exports from    
that country pursuant to an action taken
 under the authority of--  7,i7 section 
#bcb of the ,trade ,expansion ,act of   
#aifb 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #ahfb72  7,,ii7    
section #cja of the ,trade ,act of #aigd
 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bdaa72 or  7,,iii7 the 
,international ,emergency ,economic     
,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja et    
seq472 and  7iv7 the decrease in exports

 described in clause 7ii7 contributed   
importantly to such workers' separation 
or threat of separation and to the      
decline in the sales or production of   
such firm4  4