[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8861]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            MOTOROLA AND TELECOMMUNICATION PRODUCTS IN CHINA

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, a recent ad placed by Motorola, and this 
is the ad, says, ``China is finally open for business, and America's 
factories are ready to respond to this historic opportunity to boost 
exports to China and support jobs at home.''
  Now, Motorola wants Congress to believe that it will increase jobs 
and investment at the American factories for export to China.
  A Chinese newspaper gets a different story. Motorola is telling the 
Chinese, we are going to invest another $2 billion in China once China 
enters the World Trade Organization, which would follow this permanent 
MFN vote, on top of the $1.1 billion that Motorola has already invested 
in Chinese production. So here is Motorola going to build a new factory 
to produce telecommunication products in China.

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  Motorola did not export a single cell phone to the U.S. from China. 
Last year the U.S. imported almost $100 million in cell phones that 
were made in China, many with the Motorola brand. If Congress passes 
PNTR, Motorola could basically take these Chinese plants and use them 
as an export platform to disadvantage the American people, American 
jobs.
  Vote against PNTR.

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