Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations for 1997 and Supplemental for 1996: Secretary of StateU.S. Government Printing Office, 1996 - 4 pages |
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Page 70 - Act, the United States will make available to Taiwan such defense articles and defense services in such quantity as may be necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability.
Page 70 - ... the Government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China, and it acknowledged the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China. Within that context, the two sides agreed that the people of the United States would continue to maintain cultural, commercial, and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan.
Page 52 - Pacific area; (2) to declare that peace and stability in the area are in the political, security, and economic interests of the United States, and are matters of international concern; (3) to make clear that the United States decision to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China rests upon the expectation that the future of Taiwan will be determined by peaceful means...
Page 52 - States decision to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China rests upon the expectation that the future of Taiwan will be determined by peaceful means; (4) to consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States...
Page 70 - States — 1. to preserve and promote extensive, close, and friendly commercial, cultural, and other relations between the people of the United States and the people on Taiwan as well as the people on the China mainland and all other peoples of the Western Pacific area; 2.
Page 52 - People's Republic of China have agreed to recognize each other and to establish diplomatic relations as of January 1, 1979. The United States of America recognizes the Government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legal Government of China.
Page 70 - ... -"The government of the United States of America acknowledges the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China.
Page 80 - PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING AND RELATED PROGRAMS COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 28, 1996 STATEMENT OF RUTH R.
Page 83 - Helping American Companies Grow With Project Financing OPIC finances US business expansion overseas by providing long-term, limited recourse project financing to ventures involving significant equity participation by US businesses. The financing is available for new ventures, as well as expansion or modernization of existing, successful operations. Loan Guaranties are typically used for larger projects and range in size from $10 to $200 million.