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<title>S. 3464, The International Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3464.html</link>
<description> S. 3464 would amend the Trade Act of 1974 to improve the international protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights....
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6213, The Reinsurance International Solvency Standards Evaluation Board Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6213.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6213 would establish the Reinsurance International Solvency Standards Evaluation Board....
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3083, The TRADE Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3083.html</link>
<description> S. 3083 would require a review of existing trade agreements and renegotiation of existing trade agreements based on the review, it would set terms for future trade agreements, and it would express the sense of the Senate that the role of Congress in trade policymaking should be strengthened....
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6180, The TRADE Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6180.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6180 would require a review of existing trade agreements and renegotiation of existing trade agreements based on the review, it would set terms for future trade agreements, and it would express the sense of the House of Representatives that the role of Congress in trade policymaking should be strengthened....
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2976, The OPEC Accountability Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2976.html</link>
<description> S. 2976 would require the United States Trade Representative to pursue a complaint of anticompetitive practices against certain oil exporting countries....
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2964, The OPEC Accountability Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2964.html</link>
<description> S. 2964 would require the United States Trade Representative to pursue a complaint of anticompetitive practices against certain oil exporting countries....
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2222, The Trade Agreement Assessment Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2222.html</link>
<description> S. 2222 would require the International Trade Commission to report on the specific impact of each free trade agreement in force with respect to the United States on a sector-by-sector basis....
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3905, The New Partnership for Development Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3905.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3905 would provide for an additional trade preference program for least developed countries....
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3684, The Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3684.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3684 would enhance reciprocal market access for United States domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements....
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1919, The Trade Enforcement Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1919.html</link>
<description> S. 1919 would establish trade enforcement priorities for the United States and it would strengthen the provisions relating to trade remedies....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200506965.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200506965.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2844, The Food Security and Agricultural Development Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $133.60</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2844.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2844 would promote United States emergency and non-emergency food and other assistance programs, and it would promote United States agricultural export programs....
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2886, The Japan Currency Manipulation Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2886.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2886 would address the exchange-rate misalignment of the Japanese yen with respect to the United States dollar....
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1021, The Japan Currency Manipulation Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1021.html</link>
<description> S. 1021 would address the exchange-rate misalignment of the Japanese yen with respect to the United States dollar....
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1278, The Trade Prosecutor Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1278.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1278 would establish the position of Trade Enforcement Officer and a Trade Enforcement Division in the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and it would require identification of trade enforcement priorities....
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1042, The Trade Promotion Authority Extension and Enhancement Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1042.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1042 would extend trade promotion authority....
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 460, The Trade CLAIM Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_460.html</link>
<description> S. 460 would make determinations by the United States Trade Representative under title III of the Trade Act of 1974 reviewable by the Court of International Trade and to ensure that the United States Trade Representative considers petitions to enforce United States Trade rights....
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 445, The Trade Prosecutor Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_445.html</link>
<description> S. 445 would establish the position of Trade Enforcement Officer and a Trade Enforcement Division in the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and it would require identification of trade enforcement priorities....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200502732.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200502732.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 548, To establish a Congressional Trade Office</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_548.html</link>
<description> H.R. 548 would establish a Congressional Trade Office....
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 217, The Australian Wheat Board Accountability Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_217.html</link>
<description> S. 217 would require the United States Trade Representative to initiate a section 301 investigation into abuses by the Australian Wheat Board with respect to the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme....
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 321, The Currency Harmonization Initiative Through Neutralizing Action Act of 2005</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_321.html</link>
<description> H.R. 321 would require the Secretary of the Treasury to analyze and report on the exchange rate policies of the People's Republic of China, and require that additional tariffs be imposed on products of that country on the basis of the rate of manipulation by that country of the rate of exchange between the currency of that country and the United States dollar....
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5068, The Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $4.51</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_HR_5068.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5068 would extend the authority of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Eximbank) to enter into new direct loan obligations and new guaranteed loan commitments through 2011. The bill also would expand the use of the Tied Aid Credit Program. Additionally, the bill would establish within the Eximbank a new division focusing on small business concerns, and two new offices to assist businesses owned by women or socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and to assist businesse...
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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