A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should work with the Government of the United Kingdom to prepare for a future free trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom.

III 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. RES. 137 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should work with the Government of the United Kingdom to prepare for a future free trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 2, 2019 Mr. LEE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Finance RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should work with the Government of the United Kingdom to prepare for a future free trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom. Whereas, on March 5, 1946, Sir Winston Churchill delivered the Iron Curtain speech in Fulton, Missouri, solidifying the ‘‘Special Relationship’’ between the United States and the United Kingdom; Whereas, since the end of World War II, the United States and the United Kingdom have been beacons of freedom to the world, standing together in the fight against tyr- anny; Whereas the Special Relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom has enabled economic prosperity VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:41 Apr 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR137.IS SR137 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •SRES 137 IS and security cooperation for both countries for more than 70 years; Whereas, on June 23, 2016, the people of the United King- dom voted in support of a referendum to leave the Euro- pean Union; Whereas the United Kingdom is an important trading part- ner with the United States, with $232,000,000,000 in goods traded between the two countries in 2017; Whereas, on October 16, 2018, the United States Trade Rep- resentative expressed the intention of the President to ne- gotiate a free trade agreement between the two countries after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union; and Whereas the constitutional power of making treaties with for- eign nations includes both the legislative and executive branches: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that— 1 (1) the United States should have a close and 2 mutually beneficial trading and economic partner- 3 ship with the United Kingdom without interruption; 4 and 5 (2) the President, with the support of Congress, 6 should lay the groundwork for a future trade agree- 7 ment between the United States and the United 8 Kingdom. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:41 Apr 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR137.IS SR137 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS