[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. Con. Res. 43 Referred in House (RFH)]

  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 43


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 1997

              Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Urging the United States Trade Representative immediately to take all 
 appropriate action with regards to Mexico's imposition of antidumping 
           duties on United States high fructose corn syrup.

Whereas the North American Free Trade Agreement (in this resolution, referred to 
        as ``the NAFTA'') was intended to reduce trade barriers between Canada, 
        Mexico and the United States;
Whereas the NAFTA represented an opportunity for corn farmers and refiners to 
        increase exports of highly competitive United States corn and corn 
        products;
Whereas corn is the number one United States cash crop with a value of 
        $25,000,000,000;
Whereas United States corn refiners are highly efficient, provide over 10,000 
        nonfarm jobs, and add over $2,000,000 of value to the United States corn 
        crop;
Whereas the Government of Mexico has initiated an antidumping investigation into 
        imports of high fructose corn syrup from the United States which may 
        violate the antidumping standards of the World Trade Organization;
Whereas on June 25, 1997, the Government of Mexico published a Preliminary 
        Determination imposing very high antidumping duties on imports of United 
        States high fructose corn syrup;
Whereas there has been concern that Mexico's initiation of the antidumping 
        investigation was motivated by political pressure from the Mexican sugar 
        industry rather than the merits of Mexico's antidumping law: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Government of Mexico should review carefully 
        whether it properly initiated this antidumping investigation in 
        conformity with the standards set forth in the World Trade 
        Organization Agreement on Antidumping, and should terminate 
        this investigation immediately;
            (2) if the United States Trade Representative considers 
        that Mexico initiated this antidumping investigation in 
        violation of World Trade Organization standards, and if the 
        Government of Mexico does not terminate the antidumping 
        investigation, then the United States Trade Representative 
        should immediately undertake appropriate measures, including 
        actions pursuant to the dispute settlement provisions of the 
        World Trade Organization.

            Passed the Senate July 25, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.