[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 262 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 262

 Expressing the sense of Congress that the President, at the WTO round 
 of negotiations to be held at Doha, Qatar, from November 9-13, 2001, 
   and at any subsequent round of negotiations, should preserve the 
 ability of the United States to enforce rigorously its trade laws and 
should ensure that United States exports are not subject to the abusive 
                 use of trade laws by other countries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 6, 2001

 Mr. English (for himself, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Ehrlich, Mrs. 
 Jones of Ohio, Mr. Ney, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Evans, Mr. Spratt, 
  Mr. Dingell, Mr. Berry, Mr. Houghton, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
  Callahan, Mr. Doyle, and Mr. Brown of Ohio) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
                                 Means

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of Congress that the President, at the WTO round 
 of negotiations to be held at Doha, Qatar, from November 9-13, 2001, 
   and at any subsequent round of negotiations, should preserve the 
 ability of the United States to enforce rigorously its trade laws and 
should ensure that United States exports are not subject to the abusive 
                 use of trade laws by other countries.

Whereas members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have expressed an interest 
        in improving and clarifying antidumping provisions contained in the 
        Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on 
        Tariffs and Trade 1994 (commonly referred to as the ``Antidumping 
        Agreement'') and subsidy provisions contained in the Agreement on 
        Subsidies and Countervailing Measures at the Fourth Ministerial 
        Conference of the WTO to be held in Doha, Qatar, from November 9-13, 
        2001;
Whereas the recent pattern of decisions by WTO dispute settlement panels and the 
        WTO Appellate Body to impose obligations and restrictions on the use of 
        antidumping and countervailing measures by WTO members under the 
        Antidumping Agreement and the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing 
        Measures has raised concerns; and
Whereas Congress is concerned that WTO dispute settlement panels and the WTO 
        Appellate Body appropriately apply the standard of review contained in 
        Article 17.6 of the Antidumping Agreement, to provide deference to a WTO 
        member's permissible interpretation of provisions of the Agreement, and 
        to a WTO member's evaluation of the facts where that evaluation is 
        unbiased and objective and the establishment of the facts is proper: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that the President, at the WTO round 
of negotiations to be held at Doha, Qatar, from November 9-13, 2001, 
and at any subsequent round of negotiations of the WTO, should--
            (1) preserve the ability of the United States to enforce 
        rigorously its trade laws, including the antidumping and 
        countervailing duty laws, and avoid agreements which lessen the 
        effectiveness of domestic and international disciplines on 
        unfair trade, especially dumping and subsidies, in order to 
        ensure that United States workers, agricultural producers, and 
        firms can compete fully on fair terms and enjoy the benefits of 
        reciprocal trade concessions; and
            (2) ensure that United States exports are not subject to 
        the abusive use of trade laws, including antidumping and 
        countervailing duty laws, by other countries.
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