[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 52 (Monday, December 31, 2001)]
[Pages 1827-1828]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 7516--To Extend Nondiscriminatory Treatment (Normal Trade 
Relations Treatment) to the Products of the People's Republic of China

 December 27, 2001

 By the President of the United States

 of America

 A Proclamation

    1. The United States and the People's Republic of China (China) 
opened trade relations in 1980. Since that time, the products of China 
have received nondiscriminatory treatment pursuant to annual waivers of 
the requirements of section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974 (the ``Trade 
Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2432). Trade between the United States and China has 
expanded significantly even though China has maintained restrictions on 
market access for U.S. exports and investment.
    2. On November 15, 1999, the United States and China agreed on 
certain terms and conditions for China's accession to the World Trade 
Organization (WTO) that when implemented will eliminate or greatly 
reduce the principal barriers to trade and investment in China.
    3. On November 9, 2001, pursuant to section 101(b) of Public Law 
106-286, 114 Stat. 881, I transmitted a report to the Congress 
certifying that the terms and conditions for the accession of China to 
the WTO are at least equivalent to those agreed between the United 
States and China on November 15, 1999. On November 10, 2001, the 
Ministerial Conference of the WTO approved the terms and conditions for 
China's accession and invited China to become a member of the WTO. China 
has accepted these terms and conditions and became a WTO member on 
December 11, 2001.
    4. Pursuant to section 101(a)(1) of Public Law 106-286, 114 Stat. 
881, I hereby determine that chapter 1 of title IV of the Trade Act 
should no longer apply to China.
    Now, Therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of 
America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States, including but not limited to sections 
101(a)(2) and 102(a) of Public Law 106-286, 114 Stat. 881, do hereby 
proclaim that:
    (1) Nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) 
shall be extended to the products of China; and
    (2) The extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of 
China shall be effective as of January 1, 2002.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-seventh 
day of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the 
Independence of the United

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States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., January 3, 
2001]

Note: This proclamation will be published in the Federal Register on 
January 4.