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Copyright © 2000, Congressional Information
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00 CIS H 72122
TITLE: Trade with
China Helps Small Business Exporters Work
CIS-NO: 2000-H721-22
SOURCE: Committee on Small Business. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: May 16, 2000
LENGTH:
iii+178 p. il.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1031-A; 1031-B
SUDOC: Y4.SM1:106-58
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SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No.
106-58. Hearing before the Subcom on Tax, Finance, and Exports to examine a
proposal to extend permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) to
China in light of China anticipated accession to the World Trade Organization
(WTO), and to assess U.S. small business potential for increased trade with
China.
Supplementary material (p. 29-178) includes a submitted
statement, witnesses' written statements, reports, correspondence, press
releases, and:
a. International Trade Administration,
"Role of Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises in Exports to China: Results from
the 1997 Exporter Data Base" Jan. 2000, with graphs and table (p. 64-81).
b. Pregelj, Vladimir N. (CRS), "Most-Favored-Nation Status
of the People's Republic of China" updated May 1, 2000, with tables (p.
145-161).
c. S. 2277, to terminate application of Trade
Act of 1974 freedom of emigration requirements to China in order to extend
permanent normal trade relations status to products from China, text (p.
162-163).
CONTENT-NOTATION: China trade relations
permanent status estab, US small business effects
BILLS: 106
S. 2277
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON TAX, FINANCE, AND EXPORTS. HOUSE; CHINA,
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC; FOREIGN TRADE; FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS; CONGRESSIONAL
RESEARCH SERVICE; MOST-FAVORED-NATION PRINCIPLE; TRADE ACT; IMMIGRATION;
STATISTICAL DATA: FOREIGN TRADE; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION; SMALL BUSINESS
00-H721-22 TESTIMONY NO: 1 May 16, 2000 p. 3-15,
31-39, 128-144
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
CRANE, PHILIP M. (Rep, R-Ill)
ALVAREZ, AIDA (Administrator, SBA)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Support for granting China
PNTR in light of China anticipated accession to WTO membership;
projected benefits of China PNTR for U.S. small businesses.
INSERTION:
-- GAO, "International Trade:
Small- and Medium-sized U.S. Business Export Statistics" Mar. 31, 2000, with
graphs and tables (p. 128-144).
CONTENT NOTATION:
China trade relations permanent status estab, US small
business effects
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION; GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE;
STATISTICAL DATA: FOREIGN TRADE
00-H721-22 TESTIMONY
NO: 2 May 16, 2000 p. 16-28, 40-63, 82-127
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
OLSON, JAMES E.
(CEO, Olson Technologies)
GABBOUR, JEFFREY L. (Vice
President, Prestige Enterprise International)
DEDONCKER,
SHARON K. (Vice President, International Sales, Aqua-Aerobic Systems)
PHELPS, ROBERT (Owner, Phelps Farms)
PARKER, B. KEITH (CEO, Summit Environmental Corp)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Support for
China PNTR status in light of China anticipated WTO accession;
outlook for U.S. small business exporters increased trade with China; projected
benefits of PNTR with China for U.S. small businesses,
including tariff reductions.
INSERTION:
--
Brilliant, Myron (et al., Chamber of Commerce of the US), "Faces of Trade: Small
Business Success Stories in China" (p. 82-127).
CONTENT NOTATION:
China trade relations permanent status estab, US small
business effects
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.; TARIFFS
LOAD-DATE: January 11, 2001 
