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For more information on pursuing trade policy interests through the legislative process, please contact Nicole Bivens Collinson at (202) 730-4956 or via email.

AD/CV. The Defending Domestic Produce Production Act (S. 2080, introduced June 16 by Sen. Rubio, R-Fla., and H.R. 3926, introduced June 16 by Rep. Buchanan, R-Fla.) would allow seasonal fruit and vegetable growers to petition for antidumping and countervailing duties. Rubio said current law requires petitions to demonstrate harm as measured from a nationwide and year-round perspective.

CAFTA-DR. The Nicaragua Free Trade Review Act (introduced June 17 by Rep. Salazar, R-Fla.) would require the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to report within 60 days on the manner and extent to which Nicaragua is in compliance with the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement. Salazar said a “violent crackdown on democracy” by the country’s current president has made such a review “urgent.”

Cosmetics. The No PFAS in Cosmetics Act (H.R. 3990, introduced June 17 by Reps. Dingell, D-Mich., and Fitzpatrick, R-Pa.) would require the Food and Drug Administration to ban the use of intentionally-added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances in cosmetics within 270 days.

Origin labeling. H.R. 4001 (introduced June 17 by Rep. Kinzinger, R-Ill.) would require online retailers to prominently disclose product country-of-origin information.

Tariff relief. The Senate approved June 8 the U.S. Innovation and Competitiveness Act (S. 1260), which would reauthorize the Generalized System of Preferences, direct the implementation of the most recent miscellaneous trade bill, revamp the Section 301 tariff and exclusion process, raise the profile of forced labor issues within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and make a number of other trade-related changes.

H.R. 3975 (introduced June 17 by Rep. Blumenauer, D-Ore.) would modify and extend GSP.

Trade agreements. H.R. 3788 (introduced June 8 by Rep. Nunes, R-Calif.) would establish limitations on modifications to trade agreements.

Trade secrets. S. 2067 (introduced June 15 by Sen. Cornyn, R-Texas) would amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide procedures for national security exclusion from the U.S. of articles or components of articles that contain, were produced using, benefit from, or use trade secrets misappropriated or acquired through improper means by a foreign agent or foreign instrumentality.

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