[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
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[Congressional Record: October 8, 1994]
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                           GATT IS A BAD DEAL

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                           HON. SHERROD BROWN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 7, 1994

  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I urge Members from the Midwest and 
other agricultural areas to listen to America's dairy producers. I grew 
up working on a dairy farm, and believe me, the last few years have not 
been easy for America's dairy farmers.
  GATT will just make things worse. Free trade is a joke for the dairy 
farmer under GATT. Competitors from Europe and elsewhere will maintain 
a considerable advantage over American producers. These foreign 
producers are generously supplied by their governments with a strong 
trade tool: export subsidies.
  If GATT passes, U.S. subsidized exports will be restricted to no more 
than 1 percent of milk production. But the European Union will continue 
to subsidize at 12 percent of production. Canada will continue to 
subsidize at 6 percent.
  They call this free trade. It's not free and it's not fair. GATT is a 
bad deal for America's dairy farmers. What's worse, it's kicking them 
when they're down.

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