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S. 1779

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A bill to require the United States Trade Representative to notify the World Trade Organization if any member of the World Trade Organization fails during 2 consecutive years to disclose subsidies under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and for other purposes.
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Committee
Latest Action · November 2, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Congress
112th (2011–2013)
Introduced
November 2, 2011
Sponsor
Sen. Jeff MerkleyD
Cosponsors (5)
2D 3R
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Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to identify and report to the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures of the World Trade Organization (WTO) any WTO member with which this country maintains a material and persistent trade deficit that, for two consecutive years, fails to submit a notification of subsidies under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, or omits information or includes inaccurate information in a notification material to the totality of the member's subsidies.

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