[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 108 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 108

    Expressing the sense of the Senate on the European Commission's 
            handling of the Boeing/McDonnell-Douglas merger.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 16, 1997

  Mr. Gorton (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Expressing the sense of the Senate on the European Commission's 
            handling of the Boeing/McDonnell-Douglas merger.

Whereas the Boeing Company and McDonnell-Douglas have announced their merger;
Whereas the Department of Defense has approved that merger as consistent with 
        the national security of the United States;
Whereas the Federal Trade Commission has found that merger not to violate the 
        antitrust laws of the United States;
Whereas the European Commission has consistently criticized and threatened the 
        merger before, during, and after its consideration of the facts; and
Whereas the sole true reason for the European Commission's criticism and 
        imminent disapproval of the merger is to gain an unfair competitive 
        advantage for Airbus, a government-owned aircraft manufacturer: Now, 
        therefore be it
    Resolved, That it is the Sense of the Senate that any such 
disapproval on the part of the European Commission would constitute an 
unwarranted and unprecedented interference in a United States business 
transaction that would threaten thousands of American aerospace jobs; 
and be it further
    Resolved, That the Senate suggest that the President take such 
actions as he deems appropriate to protect United States interests in 
connection therewith.
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