Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds the following: The Trade Enforcement Trust Fund was established on February 24, 2016, with the enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 ( Public Law 114–125 ). Congress created the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund— to provide dedicated resources to enforce the commitments and obligations under the WTO Agreements (as defined in section 611(g) of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 ( 19 U.S.C. 4405(g) )) and free trade agreements to which the United States is a party; to monitor and ensure the full implementation by foreign trading partners of commitments and obligations under free trade agreements to which the United States is a party; to investigate and respond to enforcement petitions filed under section 302 of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2412 ); and to support capacity-building efforts undertaken by the United States pursuant to free trade agreements to which the United States is a party.
Since its establishment, the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund (under section 611 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 ( 19 U.S.C. 4405 )) has supported efforts to investigate discriminatory trade practices and enforce obligations relating to labor, the environment, intellectual property, and trade in goods and services among trading partners of the United States in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America. The renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement presents an opportunity to further and expand the goals of the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund with respect to Mexico and Canada, particularly regarding the implementation and enforcement by Mexico of labor obligations under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
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