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REGULATING IMPORTS WITH A RECIPROCAL TARIFF TO RECTIFY TRADE PRACTICES 
  THAT CONTRIBUTE TO LARGE AND PERSISTENT ANNUAL UNITED STATES GOODS 
  TRADE DEFICITS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. 
                            DOC. NO. 119-37)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committees on Foreign 
Affairs and Ways and Means and ordered to be printed:
To the Congress of the United States:
  Consistent with applicable law, including the National Emergencies 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA) and the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), I am providing 
notice of certain actions I have taken to deal with the unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the United States' economy and national 
security posed by the underlying conditions of our trade with foreign 
nations, including a lack of reciprocity in our bilateral trade 
relationships, disparate tariff rates and non-tariff barriers, and 
foreign economic policies that suppress domestic wages and consumption, 
as indicated by large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits. 
That threat has its source in whole or substantial part outside the 
United States in the domestic economic policies of key trading partners 
and structural imbalances in the global trading system. In my 
judgement, action under the NEA and IEEPA is necessary and appropriate 
to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security and economy of the United States.
  Executive Order 14257 of April 2, 2025 (Regulating Imports with a 
Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large 
and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits) (the 
``Executive Order''), declares a national emergency arising from non-
reciprocal trade as evidenced by large and persistent annual U.S. goods 
trade deficits. Such trade deficits have led to the hollowing out of 
our manufacturing base; inhibited our ability to scale advanced 
domestic manufacturing capacity; undermined critical supply chains; and 
rendered our defense-industrial base dependent on foreign adversaries.
  To deal with this national emergency, I have determined that it is 
necessary and appropriate to impose additional ad valorem duties on 
imports of goods from our trading partners under IEEPA. The additional 
ad valorem duties shall be imposed on imports of goods from all U.S. 
trading partners at varying rates, subject to exceptions specified in 
the Executive Order. The specific foreign trading partners, and the 
applicable duty rate for each trading partner, are listed in Annexes I 
and III of the Executive Order. It is necessary to apply additional 
duties on the imports of goods from all U.S. trading partners to reduce 
the overall U.S. global goods trade deficit and incentivize trading 
partners to take significant steps to remedy non-reciprocal trade 
practices, as well as align sufficiently with the United States on 
economic and national security matters.
  My Administration will continue to consult with the Congress on our 
efforts to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat described in 
this report and the Executive Order. As described in the Executive 
Order, the United States Trade Representative, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of 
Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Assistant to the 
President for Economic Policy, the Senior Counselor for Trade and 
Manufacturing, and the Assistant to the President for National Security 
Affairs, is authorized to submit recurring and final reports to the 
Congress on this national emergency.
  The Executive Order further explains the circumstances that 
necessitate the exercise of authority under IEEPA and the NEA; why I 
found that those circumstances constitute an unusual and extraordinary 
threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the 
United States, to the national security and economy of the United 
States; the authorities exercised and the actions to be taken to deal 
with those circumstances; why I determined that such actions are 
necessary to deal with those circumstances; and the foreign countries 
with respect to which such actions are to be taken and why such actions 
are to be taken with respect to those countries.
  I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.

                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, April 7, 2025.

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