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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 185

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the current Canadian quota regime

on chicken imports should be removed as part of the Uruguay Round

multilateral trade negotiations and that the imposition of quotas by

Canada on United States processed chicken violates Article XI of the

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 20, 1993

Mr. BUNNING (for himself, Mr. HUTTO, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr. EMERSON,

Mr. WOLF, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. MCCLOSKEY, Mr. CHAPMAN, Mr. SPRATT,

and Mr. HILLIARD) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which

was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the current Canadian quota regime on chicken imports should be removed

as part of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations and that the imposition of quotas by Canada on

United States processed chicken violates Article XI of

the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

Whereas the United States chicken industry is the most efficient in the world and produced approximately 16 billion

dollars worth of chickens in 1992;

Whereas the Canadian chicken supply management system

severely restricts the importation of United States chick-
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ens, resulting in $350,000,000 to $700,000,000 in lost

sales;

Whereas the Canadian chicken supply management system

severely restricts United States chicken processors and

retailers from expanding into the Canadian market;

Whereas the Canadian chicken supply management system

protects the Canadian chicken growers while severely

hurting both United States and Canadian processors and

food service retailers;

Whereas the Canadian chicken supply management system

causes exceedingly high chicken prices and periodic supply shortages in Canada; and

Whereas the Canadian chicken supply management system

and the imposition of quotas on processed chicken contravenes Canada’s obligations under Article XI of the

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that—

3 (1) the United States, as part of the Uruguay

4 Round of multilateral trade negotiations, should ne5 gotiate a tariff-rate quota to replace the Canadian

6 chicken supply management system and the elimi7 nation of processed chicken from the Canadian Im8 port Control List;

9 (2) the United States should insist under such

10 a tariff-rate quota that the amount of chicken deter11 mined to be ‘‘within quota’’ be based on the total
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1 amount of chicken imported into Canada in 1993

2 through both global and supplemental import

3 quotas;

4 (3) the United States should seek the elimi5 nation, or at the minimum, the phase-out of the new

6 duties imposed by Canada on chicken imports in ac7 cordance with the terms of the United States8 Canada Free-Trade Agreement; and

9 (4) the United States should oppose any activ10 ity on the part of Canada which results in lost sales

11 for United States chicken exporters and restricts the

12 United States access to the Canadian chicken mar13 ket.

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