Middle East Trade and Engagement Act of 2003
Latest action · Jun 5, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 22, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Middle East Trade and Engagement Act of 2003 - Authorizes the President to designate any of 18 specified Middle Eastern countries as a beneficiary country if the country meets specified requirements, which focus on economic policy, the rule of law, political freedom, alignment with U.S. trade and foreign policy interests, the promotion of human rights, and combating terrorism. Authorizes the President to designate the Palestinian Authority as a beneficiary country if it satisfies specified requirements, including cooperation in anti-terrorism efforts and the acceptance of Israel's right to exist.
Authorizes the President to designate articles from all beneficiary countries, including Israel and Jordan, as eligible for duty-free treatment, subject to rules of origin requirements and certain restrictions under existing law.
Requires the President to establish a United States-Middle East Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum.
Declares that bilateral free trade agreements should be negotiated with interested countries or political entities in the greater Middle East. Requires any country or political entity that desires to negotiate such an agreement with the United States to be a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) or working toward WTO membership and to satisfy the criteria for designation as a beneficiary country. Directs the President to develop a plan for negotiating and entering into trade agreements with interested beneficiary countries.
Terminates the preferential treatment extended to beneficiary countries under this Act on December 31, 2011.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 22, 2003.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Calvin M. Dooley | Original | May 22, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- May 22, 2003Introduced in House
- May 22, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1121 | Middle East Trade and Engagement Act of 2003 | Identical bill | May 22, 2003 |
| HR 2467 | Middle East Trade and Engagement Act of 2003 | Related bill | Jun 19, 2003 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Access to health care
- Administrative procedure
- Afghanistan
- Age and employment
- Algeria
- American investments
- Arab countries
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Boycott
- Bribery
- Child labor
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Collective bargaining
- Commerce
- Commercial blacklisting
- Communist countries
- Conferences
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Customs unions
- Democracy
- Department of the Treasury
- Diversification in industry
- Due process of law
- Economic development
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Egypt
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee rights
- Environmental Protection
- Equality before the law
- Europe
- Executive orders
- Expropriation
- Families
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Forced labor
- Foreign investments
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Free enterprise
- Free trade
- Freedom of association
- Freedom of speech
- Freedom of the press
- Government ethics
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government ownership
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Health
- Human rights
- Imports
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Intellectual property
- International Affairs
- International agencies
- International broadcasting
- International cooperation
- International environmental cooperation
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Israel
- Job creation
- Joint ventures
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Labor and Employment
- Labor unions
- Law
- Lebanon
- Loans
- Middle East and North Africa
- Morocco
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Nontariff trade barriers
- Occupational health and safety
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestinians
- Peace negotiations
- Planning
- Pluralism (Social sciences)
- Political persecution
- Poverty
- President and foreign policy
- Price regulation
- Public corruption
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Qatar
- Recognition (International law)
- Religion
- Religious liberty
- Right of assembly
- Right of property
- Rule of law
- Saudi Arabia
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Slavery
- Small business
- Social Welfare
- South Asia
- State-sponsored terrorism
- Subsidies
- Sustainable development
- Tariff
- Tariff preferences
- Terrorism
- Trade agreements
- Trade negotiations
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
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