bennet, colleagues urge finance committee members to exclude misplaced climate language in customs...
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U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) and eleven of his Senate colleagues are urging the Senate's appointed conferees to exclude a misplaced attack on the environment from the conference report for the trade and customs enforcement bill.The provision in the House-passed version of the bill creates an unclear, unnecessary negotiating objective that can harm the success of trade deals. It would effectively tie the hands of U.S. trade officials, preventing them from negotiating enforceable protections for the environment.