The 1997 Blue Book - Overview and Compilation of U.S. Trade Statutes (Ways and Means Committee

Print 105-4), June 25, 1997 is divided into 2 parts. Part I contains a general overview of current provisions

for U.S. trade laws. Part II contains a compilation of the actual text of these laws, as amended. This publication i s

part of the database for the 105th Congress Ways and Means Committee Prints. Documents are available

as ASCII text files and as Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files1.

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WMCP 105-4 [1997 Bluebook] Chapter 2: TRADE REMEDY LAWS

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OTE: A Catalog of Available House Ways and Means

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Ways and Means Committee Prints currently available

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Contents

Query: contents

Results: WMCP: 105-4 [1997 Blue Book] Chapter 13: RECIPROCAL TRADE...

WMCP: 105-4 [1997 Blue Book] OVERVIEWAND COMPILATION OF

U.S. TRADE STATUTES

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Chapter

Query: “tariff and customs laws”

Results: Chapter 1: TARIFF AND CUSTOMS LAWS

Chapter 8: TARIFF AND CUSTOMS LAWS

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Alternative: trade ADJ embargo

Results: Chapter 5: AUTHORITIES RELATING TO POLITICALOR ECON... 

Chapter 12: AUTHORITIES RELATING TO POLITICALOR ECONOMIC...

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Query: ”hong kong policy act”

Results: WMCP: 105-4 [1997 Blue Book] OVERVIEWAND COMPILATION OF

WMCP: 105-4 [1997 Blue Book] Chapter 5: AUTHORITIES RELATING 

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Appendix

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Results: WMCP: 105-4 [1997 Blue Book] Chapter 8: TARIFF AND CUSTOMS 

WMCP: 105-4 [1997 Blue Book] APPENDIX

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