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1 CIS H 78136
TITLE: Future of the
World Trade Organization
CIS-NO: 2001-H781-36
SOURCE:
Committee on Ways and Means. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: Mar. 30, 2000
LENGTH:
iii+110 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1028-A; 1028-B
SUDOC: Y4.W36:106-88
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full
Text Reproductions)
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-26480-9.
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-88. Hearing to
assess merits of continued U.S. membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO)
(Committee advisory, p. 2-4).
Also examines benefits for U.S. of
China's proposed admission into WTO and proposals to grant permanent normal
trade relations (PNTR) status to China.
Supplementary material (p. 68-110) includes correspondence and submitted
statements.
CONTENT-NOTATION: World Trade Organization
continued US membership, issues review; China membership in World Trade
Organization and trade relations permanent status, review
DESCRIPTORS:
WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATION; FOREIGN TRADE; CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
01-H781-36
TESTIMONY NO: 1 Mar. 30, 2000 p. 7-18
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
VENTURA, JESSE
(Governor, Minnesota)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Support for China WTO membership and PNTR
status.
CONTENT NOTATION:
China membership
in World Trade Organization and trade relations permanent status, review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE
01-H781-36 TESTIMONY NO: 2
Mar. 30, 2000 p. 18-38
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
YEUTTER, CLAYTON K. (former U.S. Trade Representative)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Merits of active
U.S. participation and China membership in WTO.
CONTENT NOTATION:
World Trade Organization continued US membership, issues
review; China membership in World Trade Organization and trade relations
permanent status, review
01-H781-36 TESTIMONY NO: 3
Mar. 30, 2000 p. 39-67
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
WEILLER, WILLIAM (Board Chairman and CEO,
Purafil, Inc.; also representing U.S. Alliance for Trade Expansion)
SCHROEDER, CHARLES P. (CEO, National Cattlemen's Beef
Association)
GROGAN, DALE (President, Leapfrog Smart
Products; also representing Chamber of Commerce of the U.S)
LICHTENBAUM, PETER (attorney, representing ABA Section of
International Law and Practice)
STATEMENTS:
Benefits of continued U.S. participation in WTO; views of
beef industry on agricultural trade issues; support for U.S. membership in WTO,
with recommendations for WTO dispute settlement system reform.
CONTENT NOTATION:
World Trade Organization continued
US membership, issues review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION SECTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND
PRACTICE; LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY; AGRICULTURE IN FOREIGN TRADE
LOAD-DATE: May 23, 2001 
