; (2) to strengthen and develop economic relations between the United States and Taiwan for our mutual benefit; (3) to lay the foundation for further cooperation to expand and enhance the benefits of the Agreement; and (4) to establish transparency and consultation requirements with respect to Further Agreements. 4. Definitions In this Act: (1) Agreement The term Agreement means the Agreement between the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States regarding Trade between the United States of America and Taiwan approved by Congress under section 5. (2) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. (3) Further agreement The term Further Agreement means— (A) any trade agreement, other than the Agreement approved by Congress under section 5, arising from or relating to the August 17, 2022, negotiating mandate relating to the United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade; or (B) any nonministerial modification or nonministerial amendment to the Agreement. (4) Negotiating text The term negotiating text means any document that proposes the consideration, examination, or adoption of a particular element or language in an international instrument. (5) State law The term State law includes— (A) any law of a political subdivision of a State