HRES230-119

That it is the sense of Congress that Congress and the administration must work together, with urgency, to pursue effective food and agricultural trade policies that include the following components: A renewed commitment to secure new and expanded market access and maintain global competitiveness for the United States food and agriculture industries. Strong support for domestic trade promotion programs that benefit all sectors of United States agriculture. Consideration of comprehensive trade agreements with key trading partners, focusing on new market access through lower tariffs on United States exports and resolution of unwarranted trade barriers. Enforcement of the market access commitments in our existing multilateral and bilateral trade agreements and improved procedures to enforce United States trade laws for agricultural producers. The elimination of longstanding unwarranted nontariff trade barriers through effective and efficient dispute settlement processes. Pursuit of a global trading system in food and agriculture based on sound science through bilateral and regional agreements as well as the World Trade Organization and other international bodies.