WAYS AND MEANS TRADE PRIORITIES SIGNED INTO LAW TO COUNTER CHINA, EXPAND MARKET ACCESS, AND STRENGTHEN SUPPLY CHAINS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The House Ways & Means Committee Chairman issued the following news release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after President Donald J. Trump signed into law Chairman Smith's African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Extension Act and Rep. Greg Murphy's (NC-03) Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act, trade policies championed by Ways and Means members to strengthen supply chains, deepen America's economic partnerships in Africa and the Western Hemisphere, and reduce dependence on Communist China:

"AGOA and HOPE/HELP are proven trade programs that protect America's economic and national security interests. For over two decades, AGOA has anchore...