WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

Articles and editorials

Cheney Disregarded Fears Over WTO Venue, H7564 [31OC]

Chiquita Banana's Hard Days, E1556 [3AU]

U.S. Agricultural Bill Will Go Against the Grain Worldwide—Proposals To Increase Subsidies for Farmers Could Violate WTO Rules, S13917 [20DE]

Zoellick's Trade Concession Wins WTO Talks but Could Cost Bush Fast-Track Authority, S11986 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see S. 979), S5798 [26MY] (see H.R. 1988), H2710 [24MY]

———file complaint against oil-producing countries for violating trade rules prohibiting quantitative limitations on import or export of resources or products across borders (see H. Res. 27), H166 [31JA]

———preserve ability of the U.S. to rigorously enforce its trade laws and ensure that U.S. exports are not subject to abusive use of trade laws by other countries (see H. Con. Res. 262), H7852 [6NO]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: oppose changes that weaken existing antidumping and safeguard laws during upcoming negotiations (see H. Con. Res. 256), H7529 [30OC]

———pursue establishment of a small business advocate within the World Trade Organization (see S. 714), S3530 [5AP]

Messages

People's Republic of China Terms and Conditions for Accession to World Trade Organization: President Bush, H8037 [13NO]

Press releases

State Department Condemns Qatar; USTR Ignores Human Rights Abuses, H7564 [31OC]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: comply with certain foreign trade agreements by limiting marketing gain loans and deficiency payments to certain producers, H6343, H6344 [4OC]

Chiquita Brands, Inc.: financial difficulties relative to trade decisions and business practices, E1556 [3AU]

Economy: impact of international organizations' management of world trade, finance, and monetary systems, H854 [13MR]

Foreign trade: preserve ability of the U.S. to rigorously enforce its trade laws and ensure that U.S. exports are not subject to abusive use of trade laws by other countries (H. Con. Res. 262), H7750-H7754 [6NO]

International trade: establish U.S. negotiating objectives, E2180 [29NO]

———impact of widening disparities between economic classes on the world trade system, H7879 [7NO]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: oppose changes that weaken existing antidumping and safeguard laws during upcoming negotiations (H. Con. Res. 256), H8552 [28NO]

Qatar: U.S. attendance at World Trade Organization conference, H7327 [25OC], H7563 [31OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: decision on U.S. import relief programs for the lamb industry, S4884 [14MY]

———increase agricultural exports, S13248, S13249 [14DE]

China, People's Republic of: accession to the World Trade Organization, S11933 [15NO]

China, Republic of: accession to the World Trade Organization, S11354 [1NO], S11933 [15NO]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (S. 979), S5798-S5800 [26MY]

———impact of certain agricultural proposals on trade agreements, S13441 [18DE]

International trade: establish U.S. negotiating objectives, S13248, S13249 [14DE]

———renegotiation of international trade agreements, S11899-S11902, S11933 [15NO]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: pursue establishment of a small business advocate within the World Trade Organization (S. 714), S3540 [5AP]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 262, preserve ability of the U.S. to rigorously enforce its trade laws and ensure that U.S. exports are not subject to abusive use of trade laws by other countries, H7750 [6NO]