The 108th Congress should
- recognize that the relative
openness of American markets is an
important source of our economic vitality and that remaining
trade barriers are a drag on growth
and prosperity;
- move the focus of U.S. trade policy
away from "reciprocity" and "level playing
fields" toward commitment here and abroad
to free-trade principles;
- take unilateral action to reform
U.S. protectionist policies;
- renew fast track authority to
facilitate new negotiations to eliminate trade
barriers here and abroad;
- maintain
support for the World Trade Organization as a body for
settling disputes;
- revise Section 301 to make it
consistent with WTO rules;
- avoid using trade deficits as an
excuse for trade restrictions;
- reform the antidumping law,
unilaterally and through WTO regulations,
to eliminate unfair discrimination against U.S. businesses
and consumers that buy foreign
products; and
- adjust export control laws to the
reality of today’s international marketplace
Members of The
Christmas
Conspiracy favor Free Trade.
"Free Trade" is created by abolishing
government restrictions on trade, not by forming new global
government agencies which override local interests and
sovereignty.
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