S.Con.Res. 12 · 109th Congress
A concurrent resolution providing that any agreement relating to trade and investment that is negotiated by the executive branch with another country must comply with certain minimum standards.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Russell Feingold
- Introduced
- 2005-02-15
- Latest action
- 2005-02-15 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Urges that any trade and investment agreement that is negotiated by the executive branch with other foreign countries should comply with certain minimum standards regarding: (1) investor and investment policy; (2) certain services; (3) policies to support American workers and small, minority, and women-owned businesses; (4) environmental, labor, and other public interests; (5) U.S. trade laws; (6) food safety; (7) agriculture and food security; (8) transparency; (9) governmental authority; (10) access to medicines and seeds; and (11) special treatment for developing countries.