SUMMARY AS OF:
5/11/2000--Introduced.
Securing Heightened Opportunities for Workers, Manufacturers, and Agriculture
Exporters Act (SHOW-ME Act) - Requires the President to enter into a 15-year
bilateral agreement regarding enforcement of the People's Republic of China's
World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments before extending nondiscriminatory
trade treatment (permanent normal trade relations) to China under the Trade Act
of 1974.
Requires such bilateral agreement to declare that if the United States
initiates a dispute settlement proceeding against China in the WTO and prevails
and the appeals procedures are exhausted, China will not challenge or request
arbitration on the level of the suspension of concessions or other obligations
the United States may take with respect to China pursuant to the Understanding
On Rules And Procedures Governing The Settlement of Disputes.