Sec. 702. Identification of foreign country trade practices that negatively affect the environment
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Chapter 1 of title III of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2411 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Trade Representative shall identify those foreign country trade practices that cause negative environmental impacts on the protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, or the conservation of exhaustible natural resources in the United States, the foreign country, a third country, or internationally. In identifying foreign country trade practices under paragraph (1), the Trade Representative shall take into account all relevant factors, including— the strength of the connection between trade and the negative environmental impact; the significance of the negative environmental impact on the protection of human, animal or plant life or health, or the conservation of exhaustible natural resources; and the costs and benefits of addressing the negative environmental impact through the authorities under section 301.
In identifying foreign country trade practices under paragraph (1), the Trade Representative shall provide the opportunity for input by and consultation with interested persons, including private or nongovernmental organizations working towards environmental protection or conservation, domestic industrial users of any goods that may be affected by this section, and appropriate Federal departments and agencies. Not later than 270 days after the date of submission of a report under section 181(b) of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Trade Representative shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate and publish in the Federal Register a report on the foreign country trade practices identified under subsection (a).
The Trade Representative may include in the report, if appropriate— a description of other foreign country trade practices that may in the future warrant inclusion in the report as foreign country trade practices that negatively affect the environment; and a statement regarding other foreign country trade practices that negatively affect the environment that have not been identified because they are subject to other provisions of United States trade law, existing bilateral trade agreements, or trade negotiations, and progress is being made toward the mitigation, reduction, or elimination of the negative environmental impacts of such foreign country trade practices. .
The table of contents for the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 310 the following new item: Sec. 311. Identification of foreign country trade practices that negatively affect the environment. .
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