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      "title": "Trade Issues in the 109th Congress: Policy Challenges and Opportunities",
      "summary": "The second session of the 109th Congress is expected to face an extensive trade agenda\nconsisting\nof a wide range of issues. In some respects these issues are distinct, each with its own policy and\neconomic implications. In other respects the issues are interrelated. They have emerged from\ncommon sets of domestic political, foreign policy, and economic factors and affect or are affected\nby the concerns of Members of Congress, of other policymakers and of many interest groups. These\nissues and how policymakers deal with them will define overall U.S. trade policy.\n During the first session, the 109th Congress dealt with a number of critical trade issues. The\nBush Administration requested and received a two-year extension of its trade promotion authority. \nThe Congress also debated U.S. participation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) as it\nconsidered, but did not pass, a congressional resolution to withdraw from the WTO. In addition, the\nAdministration sent and the Congress passed legislation to implement a free trade agreement with\nfive Central American countries plus the Dominican Republic, the DR-CAFTA, and passed\nimplementing legislation for a free trade agreement with Bahrain. Furthermore, the 109th Congress\nrepealed two trade programs that had been declared illegal by the WTO. During the second session,\nthe 109th Congress may be called on to debate more free trade agreements, trade relations with\nChina,\nand tariff preferences for developing countries, among other issues. The Congress might also\ncontinue to monitor the Doha Development Agenda negotiations proceeding in the WTO. \n Each issue or set of trade issues bears its own implications as Members of Congress weigh the\nmerits and disadvantages. In most cases, the 109th Congress will be considering and debating each\nissue separately. However, the trade issues as a whole have implications for a wider debate on U.S.\ntrade policy. As the 109th Congress addresses these issues, its decisions will have implications for\nkey questions that help define U.S. trade policy in the long-term.\n This report will generally cover the trade issues as they unfold. However, it will not track\nlegislation per se. The report will be updated as events warrant.",
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