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U.S. Trade Policy Agenda Hearing Committee on Ways U.S. TRADE POLICY AGENDA HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION MARCH 21, 2018 Serial No. 115–FC08 Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 33–807 WASHINGTON : 2019 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:57 Mar 20, 2019 Jkt 033807 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 I:\WAYS\OUT\33807.XXX 33807 COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS KEVIN BRADY, Texas, Chairman SAM JOHNSON, Texas RICHARD E. NEAL, Massachusetts DEVIN NUNES, California SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan DAVID G. REICHERT, Washington JOHN LEWIS, Georgia PETER J. ROSKAM, Illinois LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas VERN BUCHANAN, Florida MIKE THOMPSON, California ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut LYNN JENKINS, Kansas EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon ERIK PAULSEN, Minnesota RON KIND, Wisconsin KENNY MARCHANT, Texas BILL PASCRELL, JR., New Jersey DIANE BLACK, Tennessee JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York TOM REED, New York DANNY DAVIS, Illinois MIKE KELLY, Pennsylvania LINDA SA´ NCHEZ, California JIM RENACCI, Ohio BRIAN HIGGINS, New York PAT MEEHAN, Pennsylvania TERRI SEWELL, Alabama KRISTI NOEM, South Dakota SUZAN DELBENE, Washington GEORGE HOLDING, North Carolina JUDY CHU, California JASON SMITH, Missouri TOM RICE, South Carolina DAVID SCHWEIKERT, Arizona JACKIE WALORSKI, Indiana CARLOS CURBELO, Florida MIKE BISHOP, Michigan DARIN LAHOOD, Illinois DAVID STEWART, Staff Director BRANDON CASEY, Minority Chief Counsel ii VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:57 Mar 20, 2019 Jkt 033807 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 I:\WAYS\OUT\33807.XXX 33807 C O N T E N T S Page Advisory of March 21, 2018, announcing the hearing .......................................... 2 WITNESS Honorable Robert E. Lighthizer, Ambassador, United States Trade Represent- ative ....................................................................................................................... 6 QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD Question from Ways and Means Committee Chairman Brady to Ambassador Lighthizer ............................................................................................................. 92 Questions from Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Neal to Am- bassador Lighthizer ............................................................................................. 93 Questions from Trade Subcommittee Chairman Reichert to Ambassador Lighthizer ............................................................................................................. 98 Questions from Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Pascrell to Ambas- sador Lighthizer ................................................................................................... 99 Questions from Representative Nunes to Ambassador Lighthizer ...................... 109 Questions from Representative Lewis to Ambassador Lighthizer ....................... 110 Question from Representative Roskam to Ambassador Lighthizer ..................... 114 Question from Representative Larson to Ambassador Lighthizer ...................... 114 Questions from Representative Paulsen to Ambassador Lighthizer ................... 115 Questions from Representative Black to Ambassador Lighthizer ....................... 120 Questions from Representative Sa´nchez to Ambassador Lighthizer ................... 123 Questions from Representative Sewell to Ambassador Lighthizer ...................... 124 Questions from Representative Meehan to Ambassador Lighthizer ................... 125 Questions from Representative DelBene to Ambassador Lighthizer .................. 126 Question from Representative Chu to Ambassador Lighthizer ........................... 127 Questions from Representative Jason Smith to Ambassador Lighthizer ........... 128 Questions from Representative Walorski to Ambassador Lighthizer ................. 129 Questions from Representative LaHood to Ambassador Lighthizer ................... 131 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD American Farm Bureau Federation ....................................................................... 133 American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) .................................... 138 Air-Conditioning, Heating, & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) ............................. 144 Berry Global, Incorporated ..................................................................................... 150 Center for Fiscal Equity .......................................................................................... 152 Consumer Technology Association (CTA) .............................................................. 156 Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) .................................................................... 158 Learning Resources, Incorporated (LR) ................................................................. 164 National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) ................................................... 170 National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) ............................................................... 174 National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA) ........ 176 Precious Metals Association of North America (PMANA) .................................... 182 Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) ............................... 185 Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) ......................................................... 189 iii VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:57 Mar 20, 2019 Jkt 033807 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 I:\WAYS\OUT\33807.XXX 33807 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:57 Mar 20, 2019 Jkt 033807 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 I:\WAYS\OUT\33807.XXX 33807 U.S. TRADE POLICY AGENDA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, Washington, DC. The Committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:05 a.m., in Room 1100, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Kevin Brady [Chair- man of the Committee] presiding. [The advisory announcing the hearing follows:] (1) VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:57 Mar 20, 2019 Jkt 033807 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 I:\WAYS\OUT\33807.XXX 33807 2 ADVISORY FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (202) 225–3625 Wednesday, March 21, 2018 FC–08 Chairman Brady Announces Hearing on U.S. Trade Policy Agenda House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R–TX), announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing on the U.S. trade policy agenda with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building, be- ginning at 10:00 a.m. In view of the limited time to hear the witness, oral testimony at this hearing will be from the invited witness only. However, any individual or organization may submit a written statement for consideration by the Committee and for inclusion in the printed record of the hearing. DETAILS FOR SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN COMMENTS: Please Note: Any person(s) and/or organization(s) wishing to submit written com- ments for the hearing record must follow the appropriate link on the hearing page of the Committee website and complete the informational forms. From the Com- mittee homepage, http://waysandmeans.house.gov, select ‘‘Hearings.’’ Select the hear- ing for which you would like to make a submission, and click on the link entitled, ‘‘Click here to provide a submission for the record.’’ Once you have followed the on- line instructions, submit all requested information. ATTACH your submission as a Word document, in compliance with the formatting requirements listed below, by the close of business on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. For questions, or if you en- counter technical problems, please call (202) 225–3625. FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS: The Committee relies on electronic submissions for printing the official hearing record. As al- ways, submissions will be included in the record according to the discretion of the Committee. The Committee will not alter the content of your submission, but we reserve the right to format it according to our guidelines. Any submission provided to the Committee by a witness, any ma- terials submitted for the printed record, and any written comments in response to a request for written comments must conform to the guidelines listed below. Any submission not in compli- ance with these guidelines will not be printed, but will be maintained in the Committee files for review and use by the Committee. All submissions and supplementary materials must be submitted in a single document via email, provided in Word format and must not exceed a total of 10 pages. Witnesses and submit- ters are advised that the Committee relies on electronic submissions for printing the official hearing record. All submissions must include a list of all clients, persons and/or organizations on whose behalf the witness appears. The name, company, address, telephone, and fax numbers of each witness must be included in the body of the email. Please exclude any personal identifiable information in the attached submission. Failure to follow the formatting requirements may result in the exclusion of a submission. All submissions for the record are final. VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:57 Mar 20, 2019 Jkt 033807 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6621 I:\WAYS\OUT\33807.XXX 33807 3 The Committee seeks to make its facilities accessible to persons with disabilities. If you are in need of special accommodations, please call 202–225–1721 or 202–226– 3411 TDD/TTY in advance of the event (four business days’ notice is requested). 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