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Hatch, Wyden Float Currency Amendment As Alternative To Portman Text

May 21, 2015 at 7:52 PM
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) on May 20 filed an administration-backed currency amendment aimed at undercutting the support for a pending amendment by Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) that would require future trade agreements to have enforceable rules against currency manipulation subject to dispute settlement. The Hatch-Wyden amendment is very similar to language already included in the TPA bill reported out of the Finance committee last month, sources said...

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