Washington, July 23 -- Rep. Adrian Smith issued the following press release:
Today, Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE-03), chair of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, led a letter with Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH-04) and 18 of their Republican colleagues urging the Trump Administration to address Brazil's discriminatory actions against American companies.
In their letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, lawmakers raised concerns about Brazil's legislative framework, which would create special designations for digital companies based on thresholds that unfairly target American firms.
The lawmakers emphasized that the proposal could allow regulators to force changes to business models, require companies to forgo r...