Provides state protocol for international trade agreements.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Chapter 26, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§26- International trade agreement; state consent. (a) The consent of the State to an international trade agreement or to any of its provisions, annexes, or side letters in part, or to any attached or subsequently attached side letter or addenda, shall be given only by the enactment of a law.

(b) For the purpose of this section:

"International trade agreement" means a trade agreement between the federal government and a foreign country or countries, either in a bilateral, multilateral, regional or global forum, including agreements under the Agreement on Government Procurement and General Agreement on Trade in Services under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of the World Trade Organization."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.