[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2548 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2548

 To provide that extension of nondiscriminatory trade treatment to the 
 People's Republic of China be contingent on the United States and the 
People's Republic of China entering into a bilateral agreement relating 
                            to enforcement.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 11, 2000

 Mr. Ashcroft introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that extension of nondiscriminatory trade treatment to the 
 People's Republic of China be contingent on the United States and the 
People's Republic of China entering into a bilateral agreement relating 
                            to enforcement.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Securing Heightened Opportunities 
for Workers, Manufacturers, and Agriculture Exporters Act'' or the 
``SHOW-ME Act''.

SEC. 2. CONDITIONS FOR GRANTING PERMANENT NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS TO THE 
              PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    (a) Permanent Normal Trade Relations for the People's Republic of 
China.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, prior to making a determination that title IV of the Trade 
        Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) should no longer apply to 
        the People's Republic of China, the President shall enter into 
        a bilateral agreement regarding enforcement of the People's 
        Republic of China's World Trade Organization commitments.
            (2) Bilateral agreement regarding enforcement.--
                    (A) Scope of agreement.--For purposes of this Act, 
                the term ``bilateral agreement regarding enforcement'' 
                means an agreement between the United States and the 
                People's Republic of China pursuant to which the 
                People's Republic of China agrees that if the United 
                States initiates a dispute settlement proceeding 
                against the People's Republic of China in the World 
                Trade Organization and prevails and the appeals 
                procedures are exhausted, the People's Republic of 
                China will not challenge or request arbitration on the 
                level of the suspension of concessions or other 
                obligations the United States may take with respect to 
                the People's Republic of China pursuant to the 
                Understanding On Rules And Procedures Governing The 
                Settlement Of Disputes.
                    (B) Duration of agreement.--The agreement described 
                in subparagraph (A) shall apply for a 15-year period 
                beginning on the date that the People's Republic of 
                China accedes to the World Trade Organization.
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