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S.2548
Sponsor: Sen Ashcroft, John (introduced 5/11/2000)
Latest Major Action: 5/11/2000 Referred to Senate committee
Title: A bill to provide that extension of nondiscriminatory trade treatment to the People's Republic of China be contingent on the United States and People's Republic of China entering into a bilateral agreement relating to enforcement.
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5/11/2000:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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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.