{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-introduces-us-republic-korea-digital-trade-enforcement-act", "Miller Introduces U.S. - Republic of Korea Digital Trade Enforcement Act", "2024-09-27", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WV", "Carol D. Miller", "M001205", "miller.house.gov", "miller", "https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "September 27, 2024\n\nWashington D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) introduced the U.S. - Republic of Korea Digital Trade Enforcement Act. This bill was introduced to protect American digital companies if the Republic of Korea passes the Platform Competition Promotion Act (PCPA) or any other law that would harm American digital businesses abroad.\n\n\u201cThe Republic of Korea is an important economic and security partner of ours, but we cannot stand by and let U.S. digital companies be targeted by their laws. The PCPA would benefit Chinese companies, put our national security at risk, and negatively impact our economy. I introduced the U.S.-Republic of Korea Digital Trade Enforcement Act to protect American digital trade overseas and ensure that the Korean government does not overstep the bounds of our U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement,\u201d said Congresswoman Miller.\n\nImage\n\nClick here for bill text.\n\nBackground:\n\nLast week, Congresswoman Miller participated in a Ways and Means hearing on protecting American innovation through establishing strong digital trade rules. She highlighted the impact that Korea\u2019s digital policies, if passed, would have on U.S. businesses, and how China\u2019s ties to Korea would affect the U.S.\n\nIn June, Congresswoman Miller led a letter to the Korean Ambassador about the Republic of Korea\u2019s (ROK) proposed Platform Competition Promotion Act (PCPA).\n\nThe PCPA is framed as an anti-monopoly bill but would end up targeting U.S. firms Several issues would arise from Korea\u2019s bill including requiring the public disclosure of proprietary algorithms, restricting the offering of multiple products in a digital ecosystem, and subjecting designated companies to a \u201ccease and desist\u201d power that would allow the Korean government to halt operations at the outset of an unfair trade practice investigation even before wrongdoing is found.\n\nThis bill states that if the ROK passes the PCPA or any other legislation that attacks a U.S. digital company, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) will report to Congress on the impacts to the platform, whether the action is in violation of a trade agreement, and impacts to U.S. commerce as a whole.\n\nFollowing the report, the United States Trade Representative is instructed to take action to protect U.S. trade which may include a case within the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement body, a 301 investigation, a dispute under the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA), or entering into an agreement with Korea to mitigate all impacts.\n\n###\n\nIssues:Economy", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-introduces-us-republic-korea-digital-trade-enforcement-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8750190027058125, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}