Ag Disputes Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Feb 26, 2025)
Prioritizing Offensive Agricultural Disputes and Enforcement Act or the Ag Disputes Act
This bill establishes a joint task force to identify and address trade barriers to U.S. agricultural exports.
Specifically, the bill directs the President to establish the Agricultural Trade Enforcement Task Force. Members of this task force include employees of the Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
The bill requires the task force to (1) identify trade barriers to U.S. agricultural exports that are vulnerable to dispute settlement under the World Trade Organization (WTO) or other trade agreements to which the United States is a party, (2) develop and implement a strategy for enforcing violations of trade agreements related to those trade barriers, (3) identify like-minded trading partners that could act as complainants on disputes relating to specific trade barriers that are systemically or economically important to the United States, and (4) submit periodic reports to Congress.
In its first report, the task force must include a plan for filing a request for consultations under the WTO with respect to agricultural price supports implemented by the Indian government.
What just happenedFeb 26, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateFeb 26, 2025
- Feb 26, 2025IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Finance Committee - Feb 26, 2025IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate