Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, November 4 and 5, 1993, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1994 - 425 pages |
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Page 397 - We are very encouraged by the efforts already made by the Office of the US Trade Representative and the Department of Commerce to...
Page 132 - Members are active In importing and exporting a broad range of products including chemicals, machinery, electronics, textiles and apparel, footwear, foodstuffs, automobiles, and wines.
Page 3 - WRITTEN STATEMENTS IN LIEU OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE: Any interested person or organization may file written comments for inclusion in the printed record of the hearing. Persons submitting written comments...
Page 247 - ... and similar border measures other than ordinary customs duties, whether or not the measures are maintained under country-specific derogations from the provisions of GATT 1947, but not measures maintained under balance-of-payments provisions or under other general, nonagriculture-specific provisions of GATT 1994 or of the other Multilateral Trade Agreements in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement.
Page 193 - GATT Articles with respect to the treatment of border adjustments for internal taxes to redress, the disadvantage to countries relying primarily on direct rather than indirect taxes for revenue needs.
Page 135 - The volume of dumped imports shall normally be regarded as negligible if the volume of dumped imports from a particular country is found to account for less than 3 per cent of imports of the like product in the importing Member...
Page 21 - We must enforce our trade laws and our agreements with all the tools and energy at our disposal." In spite of the strong position the Administration and Congress have taken on this issue, many in American labor and industry fear that US negotiators would be forced to make concessions on trade laws to "pay for" the conclusion of the Uruguay Round.
Page 2 - All persons requesting to be heard, whether they are scheduled for oral testimony or not, will be notified as soon as possible after the filing deadline. witnesses scheduled to present oral testimony are requested to briefly summarize their written statements.
Page 265 - INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS' UNION, AFL-CIO This statement is made on behalf of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and our 175,000 members, who produce women's and children's apparel and related products.
Page 394 - For the purpose of this agreement, a subsidy shall be deemed to exist if: (a) (1) there is a financial contribution by a government or any public body within the territory of a Member...