[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4509 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4509

    To require any authorization of extension of nondiscriminatory 
   treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the 
 People's Republic of China to be effective only after a vote is taken 
by the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference regarding 
the Decision and Protocol of Accession for Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) and 
                  after China's accession to the WTO.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2000

 Mr. Stearns introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require any authorization of extension of nondiscriminatory 
   treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the 
 People's Republic of China to be effective only after a vote is taken 
by the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference regarding 
the Decision and Protocol of Accession for Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) and 
                  after China's accession to the WTO.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF THE TRADE ACT OF 
              1974 TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    (a) Termination.--If the President makes a determination that title 
IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) no longer applies 
to the People's Republic of China, and proclaims the extension of 
nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the 
products of China, then, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
such extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of China 
shall only take effect beginning on or after the date on which a vote 
is taken by the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference 
regarding the Decision and Protocol of Accession for Chinese Taipei 
(Taiwan), or the effective date of the accession by the People's 
Republic of China to the WTO, whichever occurs later.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Chinese Taipei'' 
refers to the customs territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu, 
as stated in Taiwan's application as a contracting party to the General 
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), dated January 1, 1990.
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