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                    116TH CONGRESS                                         REPORT
                       2d Session                 SENATE                   116-283







                           UNITED STATES-MEXICO-CANADA AGREEMENT
                                        IMPLEMENTATION ACT




                         OCTOBER 21 (legislative day, OCTOBER 19), 2020.-Ordered to be printed




                              Mr. GRASSLEY,  from the Committee   on Finance,
                                          submitted  the following


                                             R  E  P  O  R   T

                                               together with

                                          ADDITIONAL VIEWS

                                          [To accompany H.R. 5430]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The  Committee  on  Finance, to which was  referred the bill (H.R.
                    5430)  to implement  the Agreement   between  the United  States of
                    America,  the United  Mexican  States, and  Canada  attached  as an
                    Annex  to the  Protocol Replacing the North  American   Free Trade
                    Agreement,  having  considered the same,  reports favorably thereon
                    without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.

                                                 CONTENTS
                                                                                    Page
                       I. REPORT AND OTHER  MATERIALS  OF THE COMMITTEE   .................             2
                            A. Report of the  Committee on  Finance  ...............................................  2
                            B. Summary of Congressional Consideration of the Agreement ........   2
                                1. Background ................................................................................. 2
                                2. Trade promotion authority procedures in general ..................  4
                                3. Notification  prior  to  negotiations  ..............................................  5
                                4. Negotiations ............................................................................... 5
                                5. Conclusion of negotiations and signing of agreement ............  6
                                6. Hearings ..................................................................................... 6
                                7. Development of the implementing legislation ..........................  6
                                8. Formal submission of the agreement and implementing leg-
                                   islation ................................................................................ ......  8
                                9. Committee and  floor consideration  ..........................................  9
                                10. Implementation ........................................................................ 10
                             C. Trade Relations With Canada and Mexico .....................................  11
                             D . Overview  of the  Agreem ent  .............................................................  13
                                1. Background ................................................................................. 13
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