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S. 743119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Feb 26, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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S 743 creates a federal task force to identify and challenge foreign trade barriers blocking U.S. farm exports, with India named first.
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This bill directs the President to form the Agricultural Trade Enforcement Task Force, staffed by the Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Trade Representative's office. Their job is to find and challenge foreign trade barriers that block U.S. farm products from being sold abroad. The task force must report to Congress every three months, and its first report must include a formal plan to file a WTO dispute against India over agricultural price support programs that the bill says exceed WTO limits.
U.S. trade officials at the Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Trade Representative's office would carry out the new responsibilities. American farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses are the people this bill is designed to affect.
Foreign trade barriers can prevent U.S. farm products from reaching international markets. The bill states that India's agricultural price support programs have harmed U.S. farmers in markets such as rice, wheat, cotton, and pulses.
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Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.