,,iii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #e  ,,in ,,the        
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,january #ae1 #bjbe,mrs4 ,britt 7for    
herself and ,mr4 ,tuberville7 submitted 
the following concurrent resolution2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,finance  ,,concurrent ,,resolution     
,expressing the sense of ,congress that 
the proposed joint interpretation of    
,annex #ad-;,c of the ,united           
,states-,mexico-,canada ,agreement      
prepared by ,united ,states ,trade      
,representative ,katherine ,tai is of no
 legal effect with respect to the       
,united ,states or any ,united ,states  
person unless it is approved by         
,congress4  ,whereas section #h of      
article ,i of the ,constitution of the  
,united ,states vests ,congress with    
authority over international trade and  
,congress has accordingly and           
unanimously found that the executive    
branch lacks authority to enter into    
binding trade agreements absent the     

approval of ,congress2 ,whereas         
,congress has delegated some of its     
authority to negotiate international    
trade matters to the executive branch   
provided the executive branch consults  
closely with ,congress and ,congress has
 final authority over the ,united       
,states entering any binding            
international trade agreements2 ,whereas
 the ,,usmca 7as defined in section #c  
of the ,united ,states-,mexico-,canada  
,agreement ,implementation ,act 7#ai    
,u4,s4,c4 #dejb77 is an international   
trade agreement that was approved by    
,congress with significant bipartisan   
support and replaced the ,north         
,american ,free ,trade ,agreement       
7commonly known as ,,nafta72 ,whereas   
,annex #ad-;,c of the ,,usmca ensures   
that ,united ,states persons who make   
investments in ,canada or ,mexico have  
appropriate recourse for arbitrary or   
discriminatory treatment or             
expropriation of certain investments    
made when ,,nafta was in force and for  

#c years thereafter2 ,whereas the       
,united ,states ,trade ,representative1 
,ambassador ,katherine ,tai1 is         
attempting to secure a joint            
interpretation with the governments of  
,canada and ,mexico that could limit and
 curtail the rights of certain ,united  
,states persons under ,annex #ad-;,c of 
the ,,usmca2 ,whereas ,ambassador       
,katherine ,tai has failed to consult   
with ,congress appropriately regarding  
the proposed joint interpretation of    
,annex #ad-;,c1 including by applying   
unreasonable procedures that have       
inhibited ,members of ,congress from    
viewing the text of the proposed joint  
interpretation2 and ,whereas the        
approval of ,congress is a necessary    
prerequisite for ,ambassador ,katherine 
,tai to agree to a joint interpretation 
with the governments of ,canada and     
,mexico under the ,,usmca3 ,now1        
therefore1 be it ,that it is the sense  
of ,congress that-- 7#a7 the proposed   
joint interpretation of ,annex #ad-;,c  

of the ,,usmca 7as defined in section #c
 of the ,united ,states-,mexico-,canada 
,agreement ,implementation ,act 7#ai    
,u4,s4,c4 #dejb77 prepared by           
,ambassador ,katherine ,tai is of no    
legal effect with respect to the ,united
 ,states or any ,united ,states person1 
unless it is approved by ,congress2 and 
7#b7 the ,office of the ,united ,states 
,trade ,representative1 the ,department 
of ,state1 or any other agency of the   
,united ,states cannot invoke the joint 
interpretation in any legal proceeding  
or assert that it has any legal         
consequence for any claims made by a    
,united ,states person1 unless and until
 the joint interpretation is formally   
approved by ,congress4