Sense of Congress

It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the United States should accelerate efforts to address foreign trade barriers that harm United States agricultural exports; (2) the Office of the United States Trade Representative and the Department of Agriculture both have a critical role in developing agricultural trade disputes; (3) Congress and the private sector have key roles to play in the development of disputes and agricultural trade enforcement strategy; (4) in the case of India’s minimum price supports, the United States has exhausted other options available through the World Trade Organization short of requesting consultations under the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU); (5) there should be a plan and definitive deadlines in place for a request for consultations and establishment of a panel under the DSU; (6) the Office of the United States Trade Representative and the Department of Agriculture should jointly develop a proactive enforcement strategy for addressing systemic and economically significant trade barriers in the agriculture sector, in consultation with Congress and the private sector; and (7) the Office of the United States Trade Representative is the lead agency for United States trade policy.