WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

Articles and editorials

Bad Week for Isolationists, E2481 [19NO]

Beef Stew, E991 [18MY]

Beijing Is Playing a Perilous Game, E1097 [26MY]

Clinton and Jiang Meet, E1966 [27SE]

Cut the Apologies, S5466 [18MY]

Let Them Eat Beef, E995 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: ensure that U.S. industry is consulted relative to the dispute settlement process (see S. 1073), S5484 [18MY]

China, People's Republic of: congressional approval before the U.S. supports admission into the World Trade Organization (see S. 742), S3439 [25MR]

———congressional approval before the U.S. supports admission into the World Trade Organization, and U.S. withdrawal if admission is granted without U.S. approval (see S. 743), S3439 [25MR] (see H.R. 884), H824 [1MR]

———grant normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 577), H459 [4FE]

Clinton, President: abstain from renegotiating international agreements governing antidumping and countervailing measures (see H. Res. 298), H8556 [22SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: require certain actions if the European Union does not reduce and subsequently eliminate agricultural export subsidies (see S. 1648, 1651), S11565 [28SE]

Foreign trade: address issue of runaway film production and cultural content restrictions at Seattle, WA, talks (see H. Res. 384), H12226 [17NO]

———modify standards for responding to import surges, establish mechanisms for import monitoring, prevent circumvention of U.S. trade laws, and strengthen enforcement of U.S. trade remedy laws (see S. 1724), S12555 [13OC]

———require development of objective criteria to achieve market access in foreign countries and provide the President with reciprocal trade authority (see H.R. 2612), H6424 [26JY]

———strengthen U.S. ability to counteract foreign measures that act as market access barriers (see H.R. 3393), H12107 [16NO]

———use duties imposed on products of countries that fail to comply with World Trade Organization dispute resolution decisions to provide relief to injured domestic producers (see S. 1099), S5739 [20MY]

———withhold extension of World Trade Organization Agreement to any country not in compliance with the New York Convention (see H.R. 2353), H4911 [24JN]

International trade: establish U.S. negotiating objectives (see S. Con. Res. 55), S10612 [8SE]

Japan: participation in the World Trade Organization (see S. Res. 226), S14408 [9NO]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: periodically revise retaliation lists of goods of countries that fail to comply with the rulings of the World Trade Organization (see S. 1619), S11255 [22SE] (see H.R. 2991), H9241 [1OC]

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. Con. Res. 58), S11726 [30SE] (see H. Con. Res. 190), H9077 [30SE]

Letters

Multilateral agricultural trade negotiations objectives: Dean Kleckner, American Farm Bureau Federation, S9097 [22JY]

Preemption of State and local laws relative to GATT and NAFTA: Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative, H7369 [5AU]

Lists

Products under antidumping and countervailing duty orders, E1929 [22SE]

Seattle Round Agricultural Committee World Trade Organization policy statement supporters, S9096 [22JY]

Motions

Clinton, President: abstain from renegotiating international agreements governing antidumping and countervailing measures, H11508, H11510, H11512 [4NO]

Proposals

President Clinton's abstention from renegotiation of international trade agreements governing antidumping and countervailing measures, H11249, H11303, H11321, H11324 [2NO], H11390 [3NO], H11507, H11509, H11510 [4NO]

Remarks in House

China, People's Republic of: admission, H1481 [23MR], H1875 [13AP], H2247 [21AP], H2558 [4MY], H7961 [8SE], H8084 [9SE], H9824 [12OC], H11629 [5NO], H11711 [9NO], H12002, H12003, H12065, H12080 [16NO], E1097 [26MY], E1966 [27SE], E2481 [19NO]

———agricultural trade agreements with the U.S., H8084 [9SE]

———grant normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 577), H451 [4FE]

———U.S. policy, H4132 [14JN]

Clinton, President: abstain from renegotiating international agreements governing antidumping and countervailing measures, H11507-H11513 [4NO]

———abstain from renegotiating international agreements governing antidumping and countervailing measures (H. Res. 298), H10181-H10184 [19OC], H11711 [9NO], E1929 [22SE], E2274 [5NO]

European Union: unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef, H3166 [13MY], H5170 [30JN], E991, E995 [18MY]

Foreign trade: compliance with World Trade Organization trade rules relative to iron and steel import quotas, H1350-H1355, H1359, H1364, H1368, H1369 [17MR]

———European compliance with international trade laws relative to U.S. beef and bananas, H588 [11FE]

———prohibit imports produced by child labor, H11708 [9NO]

———require development of objective criteria to achieve market access in foreign countries and provide the President with reciprocal trade authority (H.R. 2612), E1650 [26JY]

———strengthen U.S. ability to counteract foreign measures that act as market access barriers (H.R. 3393), E2395 [16NO]

International trade: establish U.S. negotiating objectives, H11124 [28OC], H11680, H11682 [8NO], H11708, H11711 [9NO], E2276 [5NO]

———reform U.S. negotiating objectives, H8356 [15SE]

Labor: improve international labor standards, H11708 [9NO]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: periodically revise retaliation lists of goods of countries that fail to comply with the rulings of the World Trade Organization (H.R. 2991), E2010 [1OC]

Republican Party: national agenda, H11710 [9NO]

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H. Con. Res. 190), H10776-H10782 [26OC], E2225 [29OC]

Treaties and agreements: preemption of State and local laws relative to GATT and NAFTA, H7368-H7373 [5AU], E1818 [9SE]

Remarks in Senate

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation: free trade negotiations, S10849 [14SE]

Business and industry: ensure that U.S. industry is consulted relative to the dispute settlement process (S. 1073), S5497 [18MY]

China, People's Republic of: admission, S4734 [5MY], S5466 [18MY], S13637 [2NO], S14601 [16NO], S14853 [19NO]

———congressional approval before the U.S. supports admission into the World Trade Organization, S2825 [17MR], S2903-S2910 [18MR], S3577 [25MR]

———congressional approval before the U.S. supports admission into the World Trade Organization (S. 742), S3475 [25MR]

———congressional approval before the U.S. supports admission into the World Trade Organization, and U.S. withdrawal if admission is granted without U.S. approval (S. 743), S3475 [25MR]

———grant normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization, S2825 [17MR], S2904 [18MR], S3577 [25MR], S5389 [14MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: require certain actions if the European Union does not reduce and subsequently eliminate agricultural export subsidies (S. 1648), S11540, S11567 [28SE]

———require certain actions if the European Union does not reduce and subsequently eliminate agricultural export subsidies (S. 1651), S11570 [28SE]

Foreign trade: modify standards for responding to import surges, establish mechanisms for import monitoring, prevent circumvention of U.S. trade laws, and strengthen enforcement of U.S. trade remedy laws (S. 1724), S12557 [13OC]

———relationship between trade policy and environmental protection, S9963-S9965 [2AU]

———U.S. deficit, S4316 [28AP], S14581 [10NO]

———use duties imposed on products of countries that fail to comply with World Trade Organization dispute resolution decisions to provide relief to injured domestic producers (S. 1099), S5759 [20MY]

International trade: establish U.S. negotiating objectives, S13730-S13734, S13770 [3NO], S14241-S14244 [8NO], S14853 [19NO]

———establish U.S. negotiating objectives (S. Con. Res. 55), S10620 [8SE], S10849 [14SE]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: periodically revise retaliation lists of goods of countries that fail to comply with the rulings of the World Trade Organization, S13209-S13211 [27OC]

———periodically revise retaliation lists of goods of countries that fail to comply with the rulings of the World Trade Organization (S. 1619), S11260-S11262 [22SE]

Panitchpakdi, Supachai: selection as Director General of the World Trade Organization, S10785 [13SE]

Tariff: allow cuts on environmental goods, S13596 [1NO]

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H. Con. Res. 190), S15223 [19NO]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. Con. Res. 58), S11735, S11736 [30SE]

U.S. Trade Representative: require report on discussions at the Ministerial Conference on antidumping and countervailing duty agreements, S13924 [4NO]

Reports

Exported to Death—The Failure of Agricultural Deregulation: Robert E. Scott, Economic Policy Institute, S10091-S10093 [3AU]

Rulings of the Chair

Clinton, President: abstain from renegotiating international agreements governing antidumping and countervailing measures, H11508, H11510, H11512 [4NO]

Summaries

Agricultural Trade Priorities: World Trade Organization Trade Caucus for Farmers and Ranchers, S14242 [8NO]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 190, make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, H10776 [26OC]

S. 1099, Trade Injury Compensation Act, S5760 [20MY]

S. 1619, periodically revise retaliation lists of goods of countries that fail to comply with the rulings of the World Trade Organization, S11261 [22SE]

S. Con. Res. 55, establish U.S. negotiating objectives with the World Trade Organization, S10619 [8SE]

S. Con. Res. 58, make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, S11735 [30SE]

S. Res. 226, participation of Japan in the World Trade Organization, S14425 [9NO]