Bill Text: FL S1776 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-04 - Adopted [S1776 Detail]

Download: Florida-2016-S1776-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2016                            (NP)    SR 1776
       
       
        
       By Senator Richter
       
       23-03772A-16                                          20161776__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution expressing support for the timely and
    3         successful negotiation of a mutually beneficial
    4         agreement on transatlantic trade between the United
    5         States and the European Union, leading to the
    6         enactment of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment
    7         Partnership.
    8  
    9         WHEREAS, the transatlantic economy is the largest in the
   10  world, encompassing nearly 50 percent of global gross domestic
   11  product (GDP), and the United States and the European Union have
   12  called for an agreement to remove constraints to economic growth
   13  between these two entities, resulting in discussion of the
   14  Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP), and
   15         WHEREAS, growth of emerging marketplaces across the globe
   16  continues to lessen the share of global GDP attributable to the
   17  transatlantic economy, and
   18         WHEREAS, the expansion of global trade, especially with the
   19  member nations of the European Union, is of vital importance to
   20  the growth of the economy of the United States, small business
   21  participation in the international marketplace, and job
   22  creation, and
   23         WHEREAS, this state would benefit greatly from the
   24  ratification of a comprehensive transatlantic trade agreement,
   25  which would create employment opportunities for Floridians as a
   26  direct result of loosening current burdens on trade and free
   27  markets, and
   28         WHEREAS, the successful implementation of T-TIP will
   29  increase exports to the European Union from this state, and
   30         WHEREAS, the United States Constitution grants sole
   31  authority in regulating commerce with foreign nations to the
   32  United States Congress, and
   33         WHEREAS, the successful negotiation of a mutually
   34  beneficial transatlantic trade agreement will require bipartisan
   35  cooperation in the United States Congress and between state,
   36  federal, and foreign governments, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   38  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   40         That timely and successful negotiation by the Executive
   41  Branch of a comprehensive and mutually beneficial transatlantic
   42  trade agreement between the United States and the European
   43  Union, leading to enactment of the Transatlantic Trade and
   44  Investment Partnership, is supported.