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This bill would establish a trade deficit reduction commission, responsible for determining the underlying causes of the US trade deficit as well as developing a plan to overcome the deficit within ten years. The commission would be required to consider such hot button issues as tariffs, foreign currency manipulation and the costs of controlling climate change, as well as ways to boost domestic manufacturing and agricultural production.
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7/28/2010--Passed House amended. Establishes the Emergency Trade Deficit Commission to examine, and report to the President and Congress on, the causes of the U.S. trade deficit, together with recommendations on how to address and reduce trade imbalances, such as the U.S. merchandise trade...
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U.S. Congress - H.R.1875 End the Trade Deficit Act
