[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 10 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 10

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should take 
 steps to improve economic relations between the United States and the 
                countries of Eastern and Central Europe.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 4 (legislative day, March 27), 1995

     Mr. Brown (for himself and Mr. Simon) 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 United States should take 
 steps to improve economic relations between the United States and the 
                countries of Eastern and Central Europe.

Whereas the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, including Poland, Hungary, 
        the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, 
        Bulgaria, and Romania, are important to the long-term stability and 
        economic success of a future Europe freed from the shackles of 
        communism;
Whereas the Central and Eastern European countries, particularly Hungary, 
        Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, are in the midst of dramatic 
        reforms to transform their centrally planned economies into free market 
        economies and to join the Western community;
Whereas it is in the long-term interest of the United States to encourage and 
        assist the transformation of Central and Eastern Europe into a free 
        market economy, which is the solid foundation of democracy, and will 
        contribute to regional stability and greatly increased opportunities for 
        commerce with the United States;
Whereas trade with these countries accounts for less than one percent of total 
        United States trade;
Whereas the presence of a market with more than 140,000,000 people, with a 
        growing appetite for consumer goods and services and badly in need of 
        modern technology and management, should be an important market for 
        United States exports and investments; and
Whereas the United States has concluded agreements granting most-favored-nation 
        status to most of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the President should take 
steps to negotiate international agreements for free trade between the 
United States and the countries of Central Europe, including Poland, 
Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and 
Slovenia, and should take vigorous actions to lay the groundwork for 
such an agreement, including--
            (1) developing closer commercial contacts;
            (2) eliminating tariff and nontariff discriminatory 
        barriers in United States trade with these countries;
            (3) developing framework agreements that chart a course 
        toward a free trade agreement;
            (4) establishing bilateral investment treaties;
            (5) stimulating increased United States exports and 
        investments to the region;
            (6) obtaining further liberalization of investment 
        regulations and protection against nationalization in these 
        foreign countries; and
            (7) establishing fair and expeditious dispute settlement 
        procedures.
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