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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3314

To assess the impact of the NAFTA, to require further negotiation of certain

provisions of the NAFTA, to establish a commission to review the dispute

settlement reports of the World Trade Organization, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 24, 1996

Mr. REGULA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for

a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To assess the impact of the NAFTA, to require further

negotiation of certain provisions of the NAFTA, to establish a commission to review the dispute settlement reports of the World Trade Organization, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NAFTA Renegotiation

5 and WTO Dispute Settlement Review Commission Act’’.
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1 TITLE I—NAFTA RENEGOTIATION ACT

2 SEC. 101. FINDINGS.

3 The Congress makes the following findings:

4 (1) EXPANDED MARKETS.—One of the purposes

5 of the NAFTA, as stated in the preamble, is to ‘‘cre6 ate an expanded and secure market’’ for goods and

7 services. Instead, the NAFTA has resulted in a spi8 raling trade deficit with Mexico and Canada that

9 will exceed $30,000,000,000 in 1995.

10 (2) CURRENCY STABILITY.—One of the pur11 poses of the NAFTA is to ‘‘ensure a predictable

12 commercial framework for business planning and in13 vestment’’. However, the NAFTA contains no safe14 guards to minimize the negative economic impacts of

15 severe shifts in currency exchange rates among the

16 NAFTA parties. To protect its own economy the

17 United States has sought to bolster the Mexican

18 peso which is now being supported by

19 $30,000,000,000 in loans.

20 (3) NAFTA TO BE RENEGOTIATED.—Based on

21 the experience with the NAFTA since its implemen22 tation, it has become evident that further negotia23 tion is required to resolve fundamental inadequacies

24 within the NAFTA with respect to trade balances

25 and currency differentials.
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1 SEC. 102. RENEGOTIATION OF THE NAFTA.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized and

3 directed to confer with the Governments of Canada and

4 Mexico and to renegotiate the terms of the NAFTA as

5 described in this subsection by December 31, 1997:

6 (1) RENEGOTIATION OF NAFTA TO CORRECT

7 TRADE DEFICITS.—The President is authorized and

8 directed to confer with the Governments of Canada

9 and Mexico and to renegotiate the terms of the

10 NAFTA to provide for implementation of emergency

11 adjustments of tariffs, quotas, and other measures

12 to stabilize the flow of trade among the NAFTA

13 parties when the United States has an annual deficit

14 in trade of goods and services with another NAFTA

15 party that exceeds 10 percent of the United States

16 exports to that party.

17 (2) RENEGOTIATE THE NAFTA TO CORRECT

18 CURRENCY DISTORTIONS.—The President is author19 ized and directed to confer with the Governments of

20 Canada and Mexico and to renegotiate the terms of

21 the NAFTA to provide for the implementation of

22 emergency adjustments of tariffs, quotas, and other

23 measures to mitigate the adverse effects of rapid or

24 substantial changes in exchange rates between the

25 United States dollar and the currency of another

26 NAFTA party.
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1 SEC. 103. REPORTS ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF NAFTA ON

2 JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce and

4 the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen5 cy are authorized and directed to conduct the studies as

6 described in this subsection and submit them to the Con7 gress by December 31, 1996:

8 (1) REPORT ON DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING

9 AND JOBS.—The Secretary of Commerce, after con10 sultation with the appropriate government agencies,

11 shall determine the levels of exports of United States

12 manufactured goods to the NAFTA parties and im13 ports of manufactured goods from NAFTA parties,

14 and the number of jobs that have resulted from in15 creased exports of manufactured goods to NAFTA

16 parties and the loss of jobs that have resulted from

17 increased imports of manufactured goods from

18 NAFTA parties since January 1, 1994.

19 (2) REPORT RELATING TO HEALTH AND ENVI20 RONMENTAL IMPACTS OF NAFTA.—The Adminis21 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in

22 consultation with the Secretariat for the NAFTA

23 Commission on Environmental Cooperation, shall

24 conduct investigations on whether pollution and

25 health hazards have worsened since January 1, 1994

26 and report to the Congress on the outcomes of the
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1 Administration’s investigations on pollution and

2 health hazards in and around the United States3 Mexico border zone since the implementation of the

4 NAFTA. The report shall include—

5 (A) a description and status report of all

6 industrial site cleanup and environmental im7 provement projects begun in the border zone

8 since January 1, 1994; and

9 (B) information on the incidence of air and

10 water pollution since January 1, 1990, and the

11 causes, levels, and types of pollution which have

12 occurred.

13 SEC. 104. CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.

14 The President shall consult regularly with the Con15 gress regarding the negotiations described in section 102.

16 The United States Trade Representative shall consult with

17 the appropriate committees of Congress in the develop18 ment of any technical and conforming amendments that

19 may be required to carry out the provisions of this Act.

20 SEC. 106. DEFINITIONS.

21 As used in this Act:

22 (1) NAFTA.—The term ‘‘NAFTA’’ means the

23 North American Free Trade Agreement entered into

24 between the United States, Canada, and Mexico on

25 December 17, 1992.
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1 (2) NAFTA PARTY.—The term ‘‘NAFTA

2 party’’ means the United States, Canada, or Mexico.

3 (3) UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER ZONE.—

4 The term ‘‘United States-Mexico border zone’’

5 means the area that comprises the 12-mile zone on

6 the Mexican side of the United States-Mexico border

7 and the counties within any State of the United

8 States that are contiguous with Mexico.

9 TITLE II—WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

10 REVIEW COMMISSION ACT

11 SEC. 201. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

12 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:

13 (1) The United States joined the World Trade

14 Organization as a founding member with the goal of

15 creating an improved global trading system.

16 (2) The American people must receive assur17 ances that United States sovereignty will be pro18 tected, and United States interests will be advanced,

19 within the global trading system which the WTO will

20 oversee.

21 (3) The survival of the new WTO requires the

22 continuation of both trade liberalization and the

23 ability to respond effectively to unfair or otherwise

24 harmful trade practices.
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1 (4) United States support for the WTO de2 pends upon obtaining mutual trade benefits through

3 the openness of foreign markets and the mainte4 nance of effective United States and WTO remedies

5 against unfair or otherwise harmful trade practices.

6 (5) Congress passed the Uruguay Round Agree7 ments Act based upon its understanding that effec8 tive trade remedies would not be eroded. These rem9 edies are essential to continue the process of opening

10 foreign markets to imports of goods and services and

11 to prevent harm to American industry and agri12 culture, particularly through foreign dumping and

13 subsidization.

14 (6) The continued support of the Congress for

15 the WTO is dependent upon a WTO dispute settle16 ment system that—

17 (A) operates in a fair and impartial man18 ner;

19 (B) does not add to the obligations of or

20 diminish the rights of the United States under

21 the Uruguay Round Agreements; and

22 (C) does not exceed its authority, scope, or

23 established standard of review.

24 (b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to pro25 vide for the establishment of the WTO Dispute Settlement
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1 Review Commission to achieve the goals described in sub2 section (a)(6).

3 SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a com5 mission to be known as the WTO Dispute Settlement Re6 view Commission (hereafter in this Act referred to as the

7 ‘‘Commission’’).

8 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—

9 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be

10 composed of five members all of whom shall be

11 judges of the Federal judicial circuits and shall be

12 appointed by the President, after consultation with

13 the majority leader and minority leader of the House

14 of Representatives, the majority leader and minority

15 leader of the Senate, the chairman and ranking

16 member of the Committee on Ways and Means of

17 the House of Representatives, and the chairman and

18 ranking member of the Committee on Finance of the

19 Senate.

20 (2) DATE.—The appointments of the members

21 of the Commission shall be made no later than 60

22 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

23 (c) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.—

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Commission

25 first appointed shall each be appointed for a term of
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1 5 years. After the initial 5-year term, three members

2 of the Commission shall be appointed for terms of

3 3 years and the remaining two members shall be ap4 pointed for terms of 2 years.

5 (2) VACANCIES.—

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Any vacancy on the

7 Commission shall not affect its powers, but

8 shall be filled in the same manner as the origi9 nal appointment and shall be subject to the

10 same conditions as the original appointment.

11 (B) UNEXPIRED TERM.—An individual

12 chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed for

13 the unexpired term of the member replaced.

14 (d) INITIAL MEETING.—No later than 30 days after

15 the date on which all members of the Commission have

16 been appointed, the Commission shall hold its first meet17 ing.

18 (e) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the

19 call of the Chairman.

20 (f) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the

21 Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser num22 ber of members may hold hearings.

23 (g) CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN.—The Commis24 sion shall select a Chairman and Vice Chairman from

25 among its members.
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1 SEC. 203. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.

2 (a) REVIEW OF WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT RE3 PORTS.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall re5 view—

6 (A) all reports of dispute settlement panels

7 or the Appellate Body of the World Trade Or8 ganization in proceedings initiated by other par9 ties to the WTO which are adverse to the

10 United States and which are adopted by the

11 Dispute Settlement Body, and

12 (B) upon request of the United States

13 Trade Representative, any other report of a dis14 pute settlement panel or the Appellate Body

15 which is adopted by the Dispute Settlement

16 Body.

17 (2) SCOPE OF REVIEW.—In the case of any re18 port described in paragraph (1), the Commission

19 shall review the report and determine whether—

20 (A) the panel or the Appellate Body, as the

21 case may be, exceeded its authority or its terms

22 of reference;

23 (B) the panel or the Appellate Body, as

24 the case may be, added to the obligations of or

25 diminished the rights of the United States
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1 under the Uruguay Round Agreement which is

2 the subject of the report;

3 (C) the panel or the Appellate Body, as the

4 case may be, acted arbitrarily or capriciously,

5 engaged in misconduct, or demonstrably de6 parted from the procedures specified for panels

7 and the Appellate Body in the applicable Uru8 guay Round Agreement; and

9 (D) the report of the panel or the Appel10 late Body, as the case may be, deviated from

11 the applicable standard of review, including in

12 antidumping, countervailing duty, and other un13 fair trade remedy cases, including the standard

14 of review set forth in article 17.6 of the Agree15 ment on Implementation of article VI of the

16 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994.

17 (3) AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION.—If the

18 Commission makes an affirmative determination

19 with respect to the action of a panel or the Appellate

20 Body under subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of

21 paragraph (2), the Commission shall determine

22 whether the action of the panel or Appellate Body

23 materially affected the outcome of the report of the

24 panel or Appellate Body.

25 (b) DETERMINATION; REPORT.—
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1 (1) DETERMINATION.—No later than 120 days

2 after the date on which a report of a panel or the

3 Appellate Body described in subsection (a)(1) is

4 adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body, the Com5 mission shall make a written determination with re6 spect to matters described in subsections (a)(2) and

7 (a)(3).

8 (2) REPORTS.—The Commission shall report

9 the determinations described in paragraph (1) to the

10 Committee on Ways and Means of the House of

11 Representatives and the Committee on Finance of

12 the Senate.

13 SEC. 204. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.

14 (a) HEARINGS.—The Commission may hold such

15 hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such

16 testimony, and receive such evidence as the Commission

17 considers advisable to carry out the purposes of this Act.

18 (b) INFORMATION FROM INTERESTED PARTIES AND

19 FEDERAL AGENCIES.—

20 (1) NOTICE OF PANEL OR APPELLATE BODY

21 REPORT.—The United States Trade Representative

22 shall advise the Commission no later than 5 days

23 after the date the Dispute Settlement Body adopts

24 the report of a panel or the Appellate Body that is

25 adverse to the United States and shall immediately
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1 publish notice of such advice in the Federal Reg2 ister, along with notice of an opportunity for inter3 ested parties to submit comments to the Commis4 sion.

5 (2) SUBMISSIONS AND REQUESTS FOR INFOR6 MATION.—Any interested party may submit com7 ments to the Commission regarding the panel or Ap8 pellate Body report. The Commission may also se9 cure directly from any Federal department or agency

10 such information as the Commission considers nec11 essary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Upon

12 request of the Chairman of the Commission, the

13 head of such department or agency shall furnish

14 such information to the Commission.

15 (3) ACCESS TO PANEL AND APPELLATE BODY

16 DOCUMENTS.—The United States Trade Representa17 tive shall make available to the Commission all sub18 missions and relevant documents relating to the

19 panel or Appellate Body report, including any infor20 mation contained in such submissions identified by

21 the provider of the information as proprietary infor22 mation or information treated as confidential by a

23 foreign government.
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1 SEC. 205. REVIEW OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES

2 AND PARTICIPATION IN THE WTO.

3 (a) AFFIRMATIVE REPORT BY COMMISSION.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—If a joint resolution de5 scribed in subsection (b)(1) is enacted into law pur6 suant to the provisions of subsection (c), the United

7 States Trade Representative shall undertake nego8 tiations to amend or modify the rules and proce9 dures of the dispute settlement understanding to

10 which such joint resolution relates.

11 (2) THREE AFFIRMATIVE REPORTS BY COMMIS12 SION.—If a joint resolution described in subsection

13 (b)(2) is enacted into law pursuant to the provisions

14 of subsection (c), the approval of the Congress, pro15 vided under section 101(a) of the Uruguay Round

16 Agreements Act, of the WTO Agreement shall cease

17 to be effective in accordance with the provisions of

18 the joint resolution and the United States shall

19 cease to be a member of the WTO.

20 (b) JOINT RESOLUTIONS DESCRIBED.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection

22 (a)(1), a joint resolution is described in this para23 graph if it is a joint resolution of the two Houses

24 of Congress and the matter after the resolving

25 clause of such joint resolution is as follows: ‘‘That

26 the Congress authorizes and directs the United
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1 States Trade Representative to undertake negotia2 tions to amend or modify the rules and procedures

3 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Gov4 erning the Settlement of Disputes relating to XX

5 with respect to the affirmative determination sub6 mitted to the Congress by the WTO Dispute Settle7 ment Review Commission on XX’’, the first blank

8 space being filled with the specific rules and proce9 dures with respect to which the Trade Representa10 tive is to undertake negotiations and the second

11 blank space being filled with the date of the affirma12 tive determination submitted to the Congress by the

13 Commission pursuant to section 4(b) which has

14 given rise to the joint resolution.

15 (2) WITHDRAWAL RESOLUTION.—For purposes

16 of subsection (a)(2), a joint resolution is described

17 in this paragraph if it is a joint resolution of the two

18 Houses of Congress and the matter after the resolv19 ing clause of such joint resolution is as follows:

20 ‘‘That the Congress authorizes and directs the Unit21 ed States Trade Representative to undertake nego22 tiations to amend or modify the rules and proce23 dures of the Understanding on Rules and Proce24 dures Governing the Settlement of Disputes relating

25 to XX with respect to the affirmative report submit-
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1 ted to the Congress by the WTO Dispute Settlement

2 Review Commission on XX and if such negotiations

3 do not result in a solution that the Trade Represent4 ative, by XX, certifies to the Congress is satisfac5 tory, the Congress withdraws its approval, provided

6 under section 101(a) of the Uruguay Round Agree7 ments Act, of the WTO Agreement as defined in

8 section 2(9) of that Act’’, the first blank space being

9 filled with the specific rules and procedures with re10 spect to which the Trade Representative is to under11 take negotiations, the second blank space being filled

12 with the date of the affirmative determination sub13 mitted to the Congress by the Commission pursuant

14 to section 4(b) which has given rise to the joint reso15 lution, and the third blank space being filled with

16 the date the Congress withdraws is approval of the

17 WTO Agreement.

18 (c) PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of this

20 subsection are met if the joint resolution is enacted

21 in accordance with this subsection, and—

22 (A) in the case of a joint resolution de23 scribed in subsection (b)(1), the Congress

24 adopts and transmits the joint resolution to the

25 President before the end of the 90-day period
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1 (excluding any day described in section 154(b)

2 of the Trade Act of 1974) beginning on the

3 date on which the Congress receives an affirma4 tive determination from the Commission de5 scribed in section 4(b), or

6 (B) in the case of a joint resolution de7 scribed in subsection (b)(2), the Commission

8 has made 3 affirmative determinations de9 scribed in section 4(b) during a 5-year period,

10 and the Congress adopts and transmits the

11 joint resolution to the President before the end

12 of the 90-day period (excluding any day de13 scribed in section 154(b) of the Trade Act of

14 1974) beginning on the date on which the Con15 gress receives the third such affirmative deter16 mination.

17 (2) PRESIDENTIAL VETO.—In any case in

18 which the President vetoes the joint resolution, the

19 requirements of this subsection are met if each

20 House of Congress votes to override that veto on or

21 before the later of the last day of the 90-day period

22 referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph

23 (1), whichever is applicable, or the last day of the

24 15-day period (excluding any day described in sec25 tion 154(b) of the Trade Act of 1974) beginning on
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1 the date on which the Congress receives the veto

2 message from the President.

3 (3) INTRODUCTION.—

4 (A) TIME.—A joint resolution to which

5 this section applies may be introduced at any

6 time on or after the date on which the Commis7 sion transmits to the Congress an affirmative

8 determination described in section 4(b), and be9 fore the end of the 90-day period referred to in

10 subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), as

11 the case may be.

12 (B) ANY MEMBER MAY INTRODUCE.—A

13 joint resolution described in subsection (b) may

14 be introduced in either House of the Congress

15 by any Member of such House.

16 (4) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES.—

17 (A) GENERAL RULE.—Subject to the pro18 visions of this subsection, the provisions of sub19 sections (b), (d), (e), and (f) of section 152 of

20 the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192 (b),

21 (d), (e), and (f)) apply to joint resolutions de22 scribed in subsection (b) to the same extent as

23 such provisions apply to resolutions under such

24 section.
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1 (B) REPORT OR DISCHARGE OF COMMIT2 TEE.—If the committee of either House to

3 which a joint resolution has been referred has

4 not reported it by the close of the 45th day

5 after its introduction (excluding any day de6 scribed in section 154(d) of the Trade Act of

7 1974), such committee shall be automatically

8 discharged from further consideration of the

9 joint resolution and it shall be placed on the

10 appropriate calendar.

11 (C) FINANCE AND WAYS AND MEANS COM12 MITTEES.—It is not in order for—

13 (i) the Senate to consider any joint

14 resolution unless it has been reported by

15 the Committee on Finance or the commit16 tee has been discharged under subpara17 graph (B); or

18 (ii) the House of Representatives to

19 consider any joint resolution unless it has

20 been reported by the Committee on Ways

21 and Means or the committee has been dis22 charged under subparagraph (B).

23 (D) SPECIAL RULES FOR HOUSE.—A mo24 tion in the House of Representatives to proceed

25 to the consideration of a joint resolution may
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1 only be made on the second legislative day after

2 the calendar day on which the Member making

3 the motion announces to the House his or her

4 intention to do so.

5 (5) CONSIDERATION OF SECOND RESOLUTION

6 NOT IN ORDER.—It shall not be in order in either

7 the House of Representatives or the Senate to con8 sider a joint resolution (other than a joint resolution

9 received from the other House), if that House has

10 previously adopted a joint resolution under this sec11 tion relating to the same matter.

12 (d) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND

13 SENATE.—This section is enacted by the Congress—

14 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of

15 the House of Representatives and the Senate, re16 spectively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules

17 of each House, respectively, and such procedures su18 persede other rules only to the extent that they are

19 inconsistent with such other rules; and

20 (2) with the full recognition of the constitu21 tional right of either House to change the rules (so

22 far as relating to the procedures of that House) at

23 any time, in the same manner, and to the same ex24 tent as any other rule of that House.
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1 SEC. 206. PARTICIPATION IN WTO PANEL PROCEEDINGS.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—If the United States Trade Rep3 resentative, in proceedings before a dispute settlement

4 panel or the Appellate Body of the WTO, seeks—

5 (1) to enforce United States rights under a

6 multilateral trade agreement; or

7 (2) to defend a challenged action or determina8 tion of the United States Government;

9 a private United States person that is supportive of the

10 United States Government’s position before the panel or

11 Appellate Body and that has a direct economic interest

12 in the panel’s or Appellate Body’s resolution of the mat13 ters in dispute shall be permitted to participate in con14 sultations and panel proceedings. The Trade Representa15 tive shall issue regulations, consistent with subsections (b)

16 and (c), ensuring full and effective participation by any

17 such private person.

18 (b) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The United States

19 Trade Representative shall make available to persons de20 scribed in subsection (a) all information presented to or

21 otherwise obtained by the Trade Representative in connec22 tion with a WTO dispute settlement proceeding. The

23 United States Trade Representative shall promulgate reg24 ulations implementing a protective order system to protect

25 information designated by the submitting member as con26 fidential.
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1 (c) PARTICIPATION IN PANEL PROCESS.—Upon re2 quest from a person described in subsection (a), the

3 United States Trade Representative shall—

4 (1) consult in advance with such person regard5 ing the content of written submissions from the

6 United States to the WTO panel concerned or to the

7 other member countries involved;

8 (2) include, where appropriate, such person or

9 its appropriate representative as an advisory mem10 ber of the delegation in sessions of the dispute set11 tlement panel;

12 (3) allow such special delegation member, where

13 such member would bring special knowledge to the

14 proceeding, to appear before the panel, directly or

15 through counsel, under the supervision of responsible

16 United States Government officials; and

17 (4) in proceedings involving confidential infor18 mation, allow appearance of such person only

19 through counsel as a member of the special delega20 tion.

21 SEC. 207. DEFINITIONS.

22 For purposes of this Act:

23 (1) APPELLATE BODY.—The term ‘‘Appellate

24 Body’’ means the Appellate Body established under
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1 article 17.1 of the Dispute Settlement Understand2 ing.

3 (2) ADVERSE TO THE UNITED STATES.—The

4 term ‘‘adverse to the United States’’ includes any re5 port which holds any law, regulation, or application

6 thereof by a government agency to be inconsistent

7 with international obligations under a Uruguay

8 Round Agreement (or a nullification or impairment

9 thereof), whether or not there are other elements of

10 the decision which favor arguments made by the

11 United States.

12 (3) DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PANEL; PANEL.—

13 The terms ‘‘dispute settlement panel’’ and ‘‘panel’’

14 mean a panel established pursuant to article 6 of the

15 Dispute Settlement Understanding.

16 (4) DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY.—The term

17 ‘‘Dispute Settlement Body’’ means the Dispute Set18 tlement Body administering the rules and proce19 dures set forth in the Dispute Settlement Under20 standing.

21 (5) DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING.—

22 The term ‘‘Dispute Settlement Understanding’’

23 means the understanding on rules and procedures

24 governing the settlement of disputes referred to in
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1 section 101(d)(16) of the Uruguay Round Agree2 ments Act.

3 (6) URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENT.—The term

4 ‘‘Uruguay Round Agreement’’ means any of the

5 agreements described in section 101(d) of the Uru6 guay Round Agreements Act.

7 (7) WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION; WTO.—The

8 term ‘‘World Trade Organization’’ and ‘‘WTO’’

9 mean the organization established pursuant to the

10 WTO Agreement.

11 (8) WTO AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘WTO

12 Agreement’’ means the Agreement Establishing the

13 World Trade Organization entered into on April 15,

14 1994.

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