Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 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.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. RES. 961 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 8, 2020 Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should work with the Government of the United Kingdom to prepare for a future free trade agree- ment between the United States and the United King- dom. 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; VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:09 May 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR961.IH HR961 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 961 IH Whereas the Special Relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom has enabled economic prosperity 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 House of Rep- 1 resentatives that— 2 (1) the United States should have a close and 3 mutually beneficial trading and economic partner- 4 ship with the United Kingdom without interruption; 5 and 6 (2) the President, with the support of Congress, 7 should lay the groundwork for a future trade agree- 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:09 May 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR961.IH HR961 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 961 IH ment between the United States and the United 1 Kingdom. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:09 May 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR961.IH HR961 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS