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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 262
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President, at the WTO round
of negotiations to be held at Doha, Qatar, from November 9–13, 2001,
and at any subsequent round of negotiations, should preserve the ability
of the United States to enforce rigorously its trade laws and should
ensure that United States exports are not subject to the abusive use
of trade laws by other countries.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 6, 2001
Mr. ENGLISH (for himself, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. QUINN, Mr. EHRLICH, Mrs.
JONES of Ohio, Mr. NEY, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. GEKAS, Mr. EVANS, Mr.
SPRATT, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. BERRY, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr.
SHIMKUS, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. DOYLE, and Mr. BROWN of Ohio) sub-
mitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President, at
the WTO round of negotiations to be held at Doha,
Qatar, from November 9–13, 2001, and at any subse-
quent round of negotiations, should preserve the ability
of the United States to enforce rigorously its trade laws
and should ensure that United States exports are not
subject to the abusive use of trade laws by other coun-
tries.
Whereas members of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
have expressed an interest in improving and clarifying
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antidumping provisions contained in the Agreement on
Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (commonly referred to as the
‘‘Antidumping Agreement’’) and subsidy provisions con-
tained in the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing
Measures at the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the
WTO to be held in Doha, Qatar, from November 9–13,
2001;
Whereas the recent pattern of decisions by WTO dispute set-
tlement panels and the WTO Appellate Body to impose
obligations and restrictions on the use of antidumping
and countervailing measures by WTO members under the
Antidumping Agreement and the Agreement on Subsidies
and Countervailing Measures has raised concerns; and
Whereas Congress is concerned that WTO dispute settlement
panels and the WTO Appellate Body appropriately apply
the standard of review contained in Article 17.6 of the
Antidumping Agreement, to provide deference to a WTO
member’s permissible interpretation of provisions of the
Agreement, and to a WTO member’s evaluation of the
facts where that evaluation is unbiased and objective and
the establishment of the facts is proper: Now, therefore,
be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that the
President, at the WTO round of negotiations to be held
at Doha, Qatar, from November 9–13, 2001, and at any
subsequent round of negotiations of the WTO, should—
(1) preserve the ability of the United States to
enforce rigorously its trade laws, including the anti-
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dumping and countervailing duty laws, and avoid
agreements which lessen the effectiveness of domes-
tic and international disciplines on unfair trade, es-
pecially dumping and subsidies, in order to ensure
that United States workers, agricultural producers,
and firms can compete fully on fair terms and enjoy
the benefits of reciprocal trade concessions; and
(2) ensure that United States exports are not
subject to the abusive use of trade laws, including
antidumping and countervailing duty laws, by other
countries.
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