[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 25 (Thursday, February 11, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H588]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     BAN ILLEGAL TRADE RESTRICTIONS

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Madam Speaker, the trade rep says, don't worry, 
Congress, we are going to GATT over steel. Wow.
  Check this out. Three years ago Europe blocked American beef. Then 
Europe blocked American bananas. Uncle Sam went to GATT. GATT ruled in 
our favor. Europe laughed in their face. GATT says, go to the World 
Trade Organization. We went to the WTO. The WTO ruled in our favor. 
Europe laughed in their faces. Then they appealed. Three years later, 
Uncle Sam is being advised to go back to GATT on bananas and beef.
  Beam me up. Rip Van Winkel is faster than GATT. America's sovereignty 
is not predicated on the WTO, Madam Speaker. When it comes to illegal 
trade, we should never manage it, we should ban it.

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