,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cigh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ag1     
#bjbj,mrs4 ,loeffler introduced the     
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,united      
,states ,trade ,representative to submit
 a report on plans to facilitate the    
full implementation of agreements of the
 ,world ,trade ,organization1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,enforcing     
,accountability and ,transparency in    
,international ,trade ,act 4  #b4       
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,the ,world ,trade ,organization  
is a #afd-member international          
organization that was created to oversee
 and administer multilateral trade      
rules1 serve as a forum for trade       
liberalization negotiations1 and resolve
 trade disputes4  7#b7 ,the ,united     
,states was a major force behind the    
establishment of the ,world ,trade      

,organization in #aiie4  7#c7 ,the      
,united ,states1 along with other       
countries1 has sought to establish a    
more open1 rules-based trading system in
 the postwar era1 with the goal of      
fostering international economic        
cooperation and raising economic        
prosperity worldwide4  7#d7 ,congress   
holds constitutional authority over     
foreign commerce and establishes trade  
negotiating objectives and principles   
through legislation4  7#e7 ,the         
statutory basis for the membership of   
the ,united ,states in the ,world ,trade
 ,organization is the ,uruguay ,round   
,agreements ,act 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #ceja et
 seq471 and ,united ,states priorities  
and objectives for the ,general         
,agreement on ,tariffs and ,trade of the
 ,world ,trade ,organization have been  
reflected in various legislative        
measures providing expedited trade      
promotion authority since #aigd4  7#f7  
,congress has recognized the ,world     
,trade ,organization as the foundation  

of the global trading system and plays a
 direct legislative and oversight role  
over the implementation of ,world ,trade
 ,organization agreements in the ,united
 ,states4  7#g7 ,ninety-eight percent of
 global trade is conducted among members
 of the ,world ,trade ,organization4    
7#h7 ,approximately #fe percent of the  
,united ,states trade is with countries 
that do not have free trade agreements  
with the ,united ,states1 such as with  
the ,people's ,republic of ,china1 the  
,european ,union1 and ,india1 which thus
 relies on the terms provided in        
agreements of the ,world ,trade         
,organization4  7#i7 ,about #b_/c of the
 members of the ,world ,trade           
,organization1 including the ,people's  
,republic of ,china1 self-designate as  
developing countries4  7#aj7 ,world     
,trade ,organization agreements allow   
countries to lower trade barriers       
gradually1 with developing countries and
 sensitive sectors in particular usually
 given longer transition periods to     

fulfill their obligations under new     
agreements4  7#aa7 ,the ,world ,trade   
,organization also supplements such     
special and differential treatment for  
developing countries by providing       
capacity-building measures1 providing   
technical assistance for the            
implementation of obligations under     
,world ,trade ,organization agreements1 
and permitting countries to extend      
non-reciprocal trade preference programs
 to such developing countries4  7#ab7   
,on ,july #bf1 #bjai1 ,president ,donald
 ,j4 ,trump issued a document entitled  
,memorandum on ,reforming ,developing   
,country ,status in the ,world ,trade   
,organization4  #c4 ,report on ,united  
,states strategy at the ,world ,trade   
,organization ,not later than #ij days  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,united ,states ,trade        
,representative shall submit to         
,congress a report describing the manner
 in which the ,trade ,representative    
plans to pursue a ,united ,states       

strategy with respect to the ,world     
,trade ,organization to-- 7#a7          
facilitate the full implementation of   
agreements reached by the ,world ,trade 
,organization2  7#b7 enable the maximum 
benefits from trade to accrue to those  
members of the ,world ,trade            
,organization that face the greatest    
difficulty integrating into the         
multilateral trading system of the      
,world ,trade ,organization2 and  7#c7  
ensure that any member of the ,world    
,trade ,organization that meets all of  
the following criteria does not receive 
special and differential treatment under
 current or future agreements of the    
,world ,trade ,organization3 7,a7 ,the  
member is ranked by the ,world ,bank as 
among one of the top #aj economies in   
the world based on nominal gross        
domestic product4  7,b7 ,the member is  
also a member of the ,group of #bj4     
7,c7 ,the member is also a member of1 or
 has begun the accession process to1 the
 ,organisation for ,economic            

,co-operation and ,development4