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1 CIS H 78141
TITLE: U.S.-China
Bilateral Trade Agreement and the Accession of China to the WTO
CIS-NO:
2001-H781-41
SOURCE: Committee on Ways and Means. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: Feb. 16, 2000
LENGTH:
iv+196 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1028-A; 1028-B
SUDOC: Y4.W36:106-78
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full
Text Reproductions)
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-26624-1.
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.
106-286
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-78.
Hearing to review Nov. 1999 bilateral agreement between the U.S. and China
regarding the terms of accession for China to membership in the World Trade
Organization (WTO) (Committee advisories, p. 2-5).
Agreement
would liberalize U.S. access to the China market and require the U.S. to grant
permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status to Chinese
products.
Supplementary material (p. 168-196) includes submitted
statements.
CONTENT-NOTATION: China membership in World
Trade Organization and trade relations permanent status estab, US-China
agreement, review
DESCRIPTORS:
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC; TRADE AGREEMENTS; FOREIGN
TRADE; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
01-H781-41 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Feb. 16, 2000 p. 5-31
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
KNOLLENBERG, JOE (Rep, R-Mich)
MORAN, JAMES P. (Rep, D-Va)
WALDEN,
GREG (Rep, R-Oreg)
BLUMENAUER, EARL (Rep, D-Oreg)
PELOSI, NANCY (Rep, D-Calif)
SMITH,
CHRISTOPHER H. (Rep, R-NJ)
DOOLEY, CALVIN M. (Rep,
D-Calif)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Support
for U.S.-China WTO accession agreement; differing views on U.S.-China economic
relations.
CONTENT NOTATION:
China
membership in World Trade Organization and trade relations permanent status
estab, US-China agreement, review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
01-H781-41 TESTIMONY NO: 2 Feb. 16, 2000 p. 37-85
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
BARSHEFSKY, CHARLENE (U.S. Trade Representative)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Explanation and
benefits of U.S.-China WTO accession agreement; issues relating to the
U.S.-China agreement and China PNTR status.
CONTENT NOTATION:
China membership in World Trade Organization and trade
relations permanent status estab, US-China agreement, review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
OFFICE OF THE U.S. TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE
01-H781-41 TESTIMONY NO: 3
Feb. 16, 2000 p. 86-138
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
BONSIGNORE, MICHAEL R. (CEO, Honeywell
International; also representing U.S.-China Business Council and Business
Roundtable)
MACK, CHUCK (International Vice President,
Western Region, International Brotherhood of Teamsters)
ERISMAN, RICHARD (farmer; representing Missouri Farm
Bureau and Family Farms Pork)
CHEN, JOHN (Board Chairman,
CEO, and President, Sybase, Inc.; also representing Business Software Alliance)
MICEK, ERNEST S. (Chairman, Cargill, Inc.; also
representing Emergency Committee for American Trade)
TRAMMELL, LEON (Chairman, Tramco, Inc.; also representing
Chamber of Commerce of the U.S)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Differing views on China WTO accession and PNTR status.
CONTENT NOTATION:
China membership in World
Trade Organization and trade relations permanent status estab, US-China
agreement, review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
01-H781-41 TESTIMONY NO: 4 Feb. 16, 2000 p. 139-168
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
KRONLAGE, DAVE (President, Delaware County, Iowa, Farm
Bureau)
HOFFMAN, ANN (Legislative Director, Union of
Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees)
JENDRZEJCZYK, MICHAEL (D.C. Director, Asia Division, Human
Rights Watch)
LIUZZI, ROBERT C. (President and CEO, CF
Industries; representing Fertilizer Institute)
APPEL,
STEVEN J. (President, Washington State Farm Bureau; representing American Farm
Bureau Federation)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Issues relating to China WTO accession; objections to PNTR
status for China; perspectives on and recommendations regarding human rights in
China.
CONTENT NOTATION:
China membership
in World Trade Organization and trade relations permanent status estab, US-China
agreement, review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
UNION OF NEEDLETRADES, INDUSTRIAL, AND TEXTILE EMPLOYEES;
HUMAN RIGHTS
LOAD-DATE: June 7, 2001
