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00 CIS H 46143
TITLE: China, the
WTO, and Human Rights
CIS-NO: 2000-H461-43
SOURCE: Committee
on International Relations. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: Dec. 8, 1999
LENGTH:
iii+89 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1017-A-01; 1017-B-01
SUDOC: Y4.IN8/16:C44/17
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SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No.
106-102. Hearing before the Subcom on International Operations and Human Rights
to review China's proposed admission into the World Trade Organization (WTO), in
light of Chinese Government alleged human rights abuses.
Also
examines proposals to grant permanent normal trade relations
(NTR) status to China.
Supplementary material (p. 41-89) includes
witnesses' written statements, submitted statements, correspondence, and
reports.
CONTENT-NOTATION: China membership in World
Trade Organization and trade relations permanent status, review
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS. HOUSE; CHINA, PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC; FOREIGN TRADE; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN RIGHTS
00-H461-43 TESTIMONY NO: 1 Dec. 8, 1999 p. 7-38,
46-74, 78-89
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
WALLACH, LORI M. (President, Global Trade Watch, Public
Citizen)
RICKARD, STEPHEN A. (Director, D.C. Legislative
Office, Amnesty International USA)
WOWKANECH, CHARLES
(President, AFL-CIO of New Jersey)
WU, HARRY HONGDA
(Executive Director, Laogai Research Foundation)
MARKEY,
MARY B. (Director, Government Relations, International Campaign for Tibet)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Opposition to
proposals to grant permanent NTR status to China despite allegations of human
rights abuses by the Chinese Government; perspectives on consideration of
business and economic interests in deliberations on China NTR status.
Anticipated negative effects of China's accession to the
WTO, including threats to the domestic trade economy from increased competition;
need to extract human rights concessions from China as condition of granting
permanent NTR status; elaboration on issues related to China human rights
violations.
INSERTIONS:
a. Amnesty
International, "People's Republic of China: Reports of Torture and Ill-Treatment
of Followers of the Falun Gong" Oct. 22, 1999 (p. 55-64).
b. Grimmett, Jeanne J. (CRS), "Whether Legislation
Authorizing Restrictions on the Importation of Goods Produced by Child Labor Is
Consistent with the GATT" July 15, 1998 (p. 78-89).
CONTENT
NOTATION:
China membership in World Trade Organization and
trade relations permanent status, review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
FALUN GONG; RELIGIOUS LIBERTY; TORTURE; CONGRESSIONAL
RESEARCH SERVICE; CHILD LABOR; IMPORT RESTRICTIONS; GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS
AND TRADE; BUSINESS; COMPETITION 
