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00 CIS H 16113
TITLE:
Administration's Proposal for Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China
CIS-NO: 2000-H161-13
SOURCE: Committee on Agriculture. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: May 17, 2000
LENGTH:
iii+95 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1010-A; 1010-B
SUDOC: Y4.AG8/1:106-52
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GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-25585-1.
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-52. Hearing to
examine proposed granting of permanent normal trade relations
(PNTR) status to Chinese products, in connection with pending
accession by China to membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO).
U.S. is required to grant PNTR status to China
under terms of a bilateral agreement between the U.S. and China regarding the
conditions under which China will enter the WTO.
Focuses on
implications of U.S.-China agreement and China PNTR status for
U.S. agricultural trade with China.
Supplementary material (p.
42-95) includes witnesses' written statements, submitted statements, and:
-- Scott, Robert E. (Economic Policy Inst), "China and the
States: Booming Trade Deficit with China Will Accelerate Job Destruction in Next
Decade with Losses in Every State" May 2000 (p. 90-95).
CONTENT-NOTATION: China trade relations permanent
status, US agric trade issues
DESCRIPTORS:
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE; CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC;
TARIFFS; FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS; EXECUTIVE AGREEMENTS; AGRICULTURE IN
FOREIGN TRADE; BALANCE OF TRADE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
00-H161-13 TESTIMONY NO: 1 May 17, 2000 p. 6-30,
42-49, 62-79
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
GLICKMAN, DANIEL R. (Secretary, USDA)
DALEY, WILLIAM M. (Secretary, Department of Commerce)
BARSHEFSKY, CHARLENE (U.S. Trade Representative)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Arguments for
granting PNTR status to China; details on and benefits of
U.S.-China agreement on WTO accession for China; issues relating to China WTO
membership and PNTR status.
CONTENT NOTATION:
China trade relations permanent status, US agric trade
issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE; OFFICE OF THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE; DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
00-H161-13 TESTIMONY NO: 2 May 17,
2000 p. 31-42, 49-60
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
STALLMAN, BOB (President, American Farm Bureau Federation)
HAUK, DANA R. (Chairman, International Markets Committee,
National Cattlemen's Beef Association)
DETRICK, TERRY
(President, National Association of Wheat Growers; also representing U.S. Wheat
Associates and Wheat Export Trade Education Committee)
LEAVENS, PAUL J. (President, Leavens Ranches)
YOST, MICHAEL W. (Chairman, American Soybean Association;
also representing American Oilseed Coalition)
JENSEN, LYNN
(President, National Corn Growers Association)
HARDIN,
JOHN, JR. (former President, National Pork Producers Council)
STATEMENTS:
Support for granting PNTR
status to China, citing benefits for U.S. agricultural producers of U.S.-China
agreement on China WTO membership.
CONTENT NOTATION:
China trade relations permanent status, US agric trade
issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
AMERICAN FARM
BUREAU FEDERATION
LOAD-DATE: October 30, 2000
