[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 49 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 49

 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the current Canadian quota 
  regime on chicken imports should be removed as part of the Uruguay 
 Round multilateral trade negotiations and that Canada's imposition of 
 quotas on United States processed chicken violates Article XI of the 
                General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 29 (legislative day, October 13), 1993

 Mr. Simpson (for Mr. McConnell) (for himself, Mr. Lott, Mr. Roth, Mr. 
     Faircloth, and Mr. Warner) submitted the following concurrent 
       resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Finance

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the current Canadian quota 
  regime on chicken imports should be removed as part of the Uruguay 
 Round multilateral trade negotiations and that Canada's imposition of 
 quotas on United States processed chicken violates Article XI of the 
                General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

Whereas the United States chicken industry is the most efficient in the world 
        and produced approximately $16,000,000,000 worth of chickens in 1992;
Whereas Canada's chicken supply management system severely restricts the 
        importation of United States chickens, resulting in $350,000,000 to 
        $700,000,000 in lost sales;
Whereas Canada's chicken supply management system severely restricts United 
        States chicken processors and retailers from expanding into the Canadian 
        market;
Whereas Canada's chicken supply management system protects the Canadian chicken 
        growers while severely hurting both United States and Canadian 
        processors and food service retailers;
Whereas Canada's chicken supply management system causes exceedingly high 
        chicken prices and periodic supply shortages in Canada; and
Whereas Canada's chicken supply management system and the imposition of quotas 
        on processed chicken contravenes Canada's obligations under Article XI 
        of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the United States, as part of the Uruguay Round 
        multilateral trade negotiations, negotiate tariffication of 
        Canada's chicken supply management system and the elimination 
        of processed chicken from Canada's Import Control List;
            (2) the United States should insist under tariffication 
        that the amount of chicken determined to be within quota be 
        based on the total amount of chicken imported into Canada in 
        1993 through both global and supplemental import quotas;
            (3) the United States should seek the elimination, or at 
        the minimum, phase-out of the new duties imposed by Canada on 
        chicken imports in accordance with the terms of the United 
        States-Canada Free Trade Agreement; and
            (4) the United States should oppose any activity on the 
        part of Canada which results in lost sales for United States 
        chicken exporters and restricts the United States access to 
        Canada's chicken market.

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