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US bill seeks to tie massive trade pact to EU rejection of BDS | The Times of Israel
WASHINGTON — A new Congressional bill will seek to battle efforts to boycott Israel by linking rejection of BDS to a trade agreement being negotiated with the European Union, the largest free trade deal in history.
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The Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement Act, which will be officially submitted Tuesday afternoon in Washington, enjoys bipartisan sponsorship which backers hope will help it advance quickly through Congress.
Representatives Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Juan Vargas (D-CA) co-sponsored the bipartisan legislation, which they say will “leverage ongoing trade negotiations to discourage prospective US trade partners from engaging in economic discrimination against Israel.”
The bill, which has been worked on for over six months, does not authorize any sort of federal response to domestic BDS initiatives, but rather would use free trade negotiations to discourage foreign and international institutions from supporting initiatives to boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel.
The bill’s sponsors have their eyes on the ongoing negotiations to create a free trade agreement between the US and EU – an agreement that proponents say will be the largest free trade deal in history.
The measure would make rejection of BDS a major objection of negotiations for the trade pact.
“The bill will and establishes a clear US policy of opposing BDS as detrimental to global trade and regional peace and stability,” Vargas and Roskam wrote in the introduction to the measure.
The introduction notes that the bill comes in response to a growing trend among countries, “primarily in Europe, to isolate and delegitimize Israel through BDS for political purposes.”
The two will begin to sign on additional co-sponsors after the bill is introduced on Tuesday afternoon, and are optimistic that it can advance through the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
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@ResurgentIran
Unreal.
WASHINGTON — A new Congressional bill will seek to battle efforts to boycott Israel by linking rejection of BDS to a trade agreement being negotiated with the European Union, the largest free trade deal in history.
Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email
and never miss our top stories Free Sign up!
The Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement Act, which will be officially submitted Tuesday afternoon in Washington, enjoys bipartisan sponsorship which backers hope will help it advance quickly through Congress.
Representatives Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Juan Vargas (D-CA) co-sponsored the bipartisan legislation, which they say will “leverage ongoing trade negotiations to discourage prospective US trade partners from engaging in economic discrimination against Israel.”
The bill, which has been worked on for over six months, does not authorize any sort of federal response to domestic BDS initiatives, but rather would use free trade negotiations to discourage foreign and international institutions from supporting initiatives to boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel.
The bill’s sponsors have their eyes on the ongoing negotiations to create a free trade agreement between the US and EU – an agreement that proponents say will be the largest free trade deal in history.
The measure would make rejection of BDS a major objection of negotiations for the trade pact.
“The bill will and establishes a clear US policy of opposing BDS as detrimental to global trade and regional peace and stability,” Vargas and Roskam wrote in the introduction to the measure.
The introduction notes that the bill comes in response to a growing trend among countries, “primarily in Europe, to isolate and delegitimize Israel through BDS for political purposes.”
The two will begin to sign on additional co-sponsors after the bill is introduced on Tuesday afternoon, and are optimistic that it can advance through the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
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@ResurgentIran
Unreal.
