INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS

Addresses

Social Inclusion, Education Health and Culture—Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges and Creating Networks: H. Patrick Swygert, Howard University, E950 [21MY]

Articles and editorials

New Trade Policies Betray the Poorest Partners, E1424 [20JY]

Saudi Says Not Heard From Bush Over OPEC Oil Cut, S3607 [2AP]

Bills and resolutions

China, People's Republic of: require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 4986), H6704 [22JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: clarify conditions under which negotiations should be entered into to correct currency manipulations by other countries (see S. 2765), S8688 [22JY]

———clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to currency (see S. 2927), S10703 [7OC]

———direct the U.S. Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the release of loans approved for Haiti (see H.R. 3989), H1229 [17MR]

Developing countries: provide for cancellation of debts owed to international financial institutions by poor countries (see H.R. 4793), H5470 [9JY]

Financial institutions: allow credit unions to provide international money transfer services to nonmembers and require certain disclosures in connection with any international money transfer (see H.R. 4348), H2917 [12MY]

Foreign policy: authorize programs that support economic and political development in the Middle East and Central Asia provide support for three new multilateral institutions (see S. 2305), S4024 [8AP]

IMF: provide for cancellation of debts owed by poor countries (see H.R. 4511), H3780 [3JN]

Petroleum: express to OPEC countries, and non-OPEC countries that participate in the cartel, the position of the U.S. in favor of increasing world crude oil supplies to achieve stable crude oil prices (see S. Res. 330), S3605 [2AP] (see H. Res. 611), H2483 [28AP]

Letters

Dept. of Commerce Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program funding: Anthony H. Gamboa, GAO, S144-S146 [22JA]

———Senator Byrd, S144 [22JA]

Remarks in House

China, People's Republic of: encourage fulfillment of commitments under international trade agreements, E487 [31MR]

———position as U.S. creditor, H9709, H9711, H9713 [16NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding, H5918 [19JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: direct the U.S. Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the release of loans approved for Haiti (H.R. 3989), E398 [17MR]

Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, H9707 [16NO]

Eximbank: anniversary, E187 [24FE]

Foreign trade: impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, E1424 [20JY]

Racial relations: emphasize need for social inclusion in economic development, E949 [21MY]

Republican Party: fiscal management, E2108 [20NO]

Russia: condition continued participation in the Group of 8 nations upon voluntary acceptance and adherence to the norms and standards of democracy (H. Con. Res. 336), H5912 [19JY]

Remarks in Senate

China, People's Republic of: encourage market-based valuation of currency and fulfillment of commitments under international trade agreements, S5031 [7MY], S5205 [11MY]

———encourage market-based valuation of currency and fulfillment of commitments under international trade agreements (S. Res. 219), S4220 [21AP], S4424 [27AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding, S10820 [8OC]

Dept. of Commerce: Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program funding, S143-S146 [22JA], S11286 [11OC]

Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, S11399-S11418 [17NO]

Foreign policy: authorize programs that support economic and political development in the Middle East and Central Asia provide support for three new multilateral institutions (S. 2305), S4027-S4030 [8AP]

Petroleum: express to OPEC countries, and non-OPEC countries that participate in the cartel, the position of the U.S. in favor of increasing world crude oil supplies to achieve stable crude oil prices (S. Res. 330), S3606, S3607 [2AP], S3871-S3873 [7AP], S4083 [19AP], S4293 [22AP], S4868 [5MY]

Texts of

S. 2305, Greater Middle East and Central Asia Development Act, S4027 [8AP]

S. 2765, clarify conditions under which negotiations should be entered into by the Dept. of the Treasury to correct currency manipulations by other countries, S8754 [22JY]

S. Res. 330, express to OPEC countries, and non-OPEC countries that participate in the cartel, the position of the U.S. in favor of increasing world crude oil supplies to achieve stable crude oil prices, S3605 [2AP]