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1 CIS S 1612
TITLE: China Accession
to the World Trade Organization
CIS-NO: 2001-S161-2
SOURCE:
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate
DOC-TYPE:
Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-754
DATE: Mar. 1, 2000
LENGTH: iv+206 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1032-C; 1032-D
SUDOC: Y4.AG8/3:S.HRG.106-754
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-26569-4.
SUMMARY:
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).
The 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.
47-206) includes witnesses' written statements, articles, correspondence, and
submitted statements.
CONTENT-NOTATION: China trade
relations permanent status estab, US agric trade issues
DESCRIPTORS:
CHINA,
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC; FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS; EXECUTIVE AGREEMENTS; AGRICULTURE
IN FOREIGN TRADE; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
01-S161-2 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Mar. 1, 2000 p. 10-31, 54-61
WITNESSES (and
witness notations):
GLICKMAN, DANIEL R. (Secretary, USDA)
SCHER, PETER L. (Special Trade Negotiator, Agriculture,
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative)
STATEMENTS AND
DISCUSSION:
Arguments for granting PNTR
status to China; details on U.S.-China agreement on WTO accession for China,
citing benefits for U.S. agriculture.
CONTENT NOTATION:
China trade relations permanent status estab, US agric
trade issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; OFFICE OF THE U.S. TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE
01-S161-2 TESTIMONY NO: 2
Mar. 1, 2000 p. 32-46, 62-177
WITNESSES (and
witness notations):
MOORE, SAM (President, Kentucky Farm
Bureau; representing American Farm Bureau Federation)
KRESS, JERRY (Past Chairman, U.S. Wheat Associates; also
representing National Association of Wheat Growers and Wheat Export Trade
Education Committee)
HARDIN, JOHN, JR. (Past President,
National Pork Producers Council)
SUBER, THOMAS M.
(Executive Director, U.S. Dairy Export Council)
WOOTTON,
MICHAEL (Director, Federal Government Affairs, Sunkist Growers)
BURRACK, TIM (Board Member, National Corn Growers
Association; also representing American Soybean Association)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Support for granting
PNTR status to China; benefits of China WTO membership for U.S.
agricultural producers, including the dairy sector (related materials, p.
144-177); details on U.S.-China agreement on WTO accession for China.
INSERTION:
-- Foreign Agricultural Service, China
PNTR benefits for the U.S., by State, fact sheets, Feb. 2000,
with graphs (p. 98-143).
CONTENT NOTATION:
China trade relations permanent status estab, US agric
trade issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION; DAIRY INDUSTRY AND
PRODUCTS; FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE; STATISTICAL DATA: AGRICULTURE;
STATISTICAL DATA: FOREIGN TRADE; STATE GOVERNMENTS
LOAD-DATE: March 29, 2001 
