[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 104 (Tuesday, August 2, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: August 2, 1994]
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                     JAPANESE SWISS ARMY KNIFE? NOT

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, it cuts, it dices, it slices, it reams, 
it saws, it even opens up bottles. That is a trusty Swiss army knife.

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  But an American court ruled that a Swiss army knife made in China as 
an imitation is also a Swiss army knife, so let me ask this, my 
colleagues:
  Is it now a Swiss-made Swiss army knife, or is it a Chinese-made, 
Swiss-look-alike, Swiss army knife? What is a Swiss army knife to 
consumers around the world?
  Now the Swiss say a real Swiss army knife is made by the Swiss and a 
Swiss army knife made by the Chinese is a Chinese army knife or should 
be called a Swiss army knife made by the Chinese, and is, in fact, an 
imitation.
  One thing is for sure. This is no play on words. Chinese dictators 
are laughing all the way to the bank, consumers are getting ripped off, 
and this issue reminds me of America's trade policy with China which 
resembles another Swiss product: Swiss cheese.
  Think about it, this cutting two-edge sword.

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