EU Hopes to Raise Profile in China
Speaking at the European Union (EU) Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, European External Affairs Commissioner Christopher Patten said that completing China’s World Trade Organization (WTO) accession, after what he termed “frustrating” delays, is the Brussels top priority in its evolving relationship with Beijing.
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International Trade News
White House Promises “Flexibility” on TPA.
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China Responds to US on WTO Accession.
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US Says New Guatemalan Labor Code Shows Effort to Meet Labor Standards.
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National Debate over Wheat, Corn Gluten.
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Free Trade Talks Continue between Singapore, US.
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Pallone Introduces Legislation for Consumer Protection against Tainted Food.
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Joint Economic Committee Proposes Energy Policy Changes.
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Indian Lenders Seek Government Intervention in Power Project Completion.
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South Americans Consider Regional Trade Options.
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France Weighs in on the EU Enlargement Dispute.
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Paris Invites Foreign Bidders for Defense Contracts.
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EU Promotes Additional Market Access Measures for LDCs in UN Forum.
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State Department Announces Meetings
The US Department of State has announced the following meetings:
• US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy • Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) • Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy
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NOAA Notices
NOAA Modifies Closure of Shallow-Water Species Fishery in GOA.
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NOAA Seeks Comments on DSEIS.
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AD Notices
Following is a summary of current antidumping duty (AD) actions taken by the DOC’s International Trade Administration (ITA):
Certain Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan.
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Solid Agricultural Grade Ammonium Nitrate from Ukraine.
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USITC News
USITC Votes to Continue Cases on Silicomanganese from India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela.
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USITC Issues Interim Report on US Market Conditions for Certain Wool Articles.
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MARAD Seeks Comments on Applicability of Ownership and Control Requirements
MARAD Seeks Comments on Applicability of Ownership and Control Requirements.
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Bill# Sponsor
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Date Introduced
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Description
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Action
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S 910 Rockefeller
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05/17/01
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A bill to provide certain safeguards with respect to the domestic steel industry
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Referred to the Committee on Finance
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HR 1888 Andrews
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05/17/01
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A bill to eliminate corporate welfare
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Referred to the Committees on Ways and Means; Resources, Agriculture, Energy, and Commerce; Transportation, and Infrastructure; and Budget
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HR 1894 Clayton
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05/17/01
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A bill to supplement current activities in the exchange of agricultural and farming expertise by establishing a grant program to support bilateral exchange programs whereby African American and other American farmers share technical knowledge with African and Caribbean Basin farmers regarding maximization of crop yields, use of risk management tools, expansion of agricultural trade, use of new financial instruments to increase access to credit, and other ways to improve farming methods, and for other purposes
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Referred to the Committees on Agriculture, and International Relations
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HR 1898 Flake
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05/17/01
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A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) to update the export licensing requirements under the Act, and for other purposes
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Referred to the Committee on International Relations
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HR 1886 Coble
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05/17/01
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A bill to amend title 35, US Code, to provide for appeals by third parties in certain patent reexamination proceedings
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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HR 1860 Ehlers
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05/16/01
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A bill to reauthorize the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other purposes
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Referred to the Committees on Small Business, and Science
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HR 1864 Camp
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05/16/01
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage and accelerate the nationwide production, retail sale, and consumer use of new motor vehicles that are powered by fuel cell technology, hybrid technology, battery electric technology, alternative fuels, or other advanced motor vehicle technologies, and for other purposes
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
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HR 1876 Isakson
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05/16/01
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A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on nelfilcon polymer
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
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HR 1878 Kind
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05/16/01
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A bill to provide supplemental payments to diary producers based upon their annual milk marketing and to provide additional payments to dairy producers for any month in which the prices received by producers for milk for the preceding three months is less than a target price of $12.50 per hundredweight
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Referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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S 894 Helms
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05/16/01
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A bill to authorize increased support to the democratic opposition and other oppressed people of Cuba to help them regain their freedom and prepare themselves for a democratic future, and for other purposes
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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HR 1830 Larson
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05/15/01
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A bill to ensure the energy self-sufficiently of the US by 2011, and for other purposes
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Refereed to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Government Reform
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HR 1838 Brady
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05/15/01
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A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to modify the provisions relating to drawback claims and other purposes
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
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S 883 Dodd
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05/15/01
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A bill to ensure the energy self-sufficiently of the US by 2011, and for other purposes
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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HConRes 135 Schaffer
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05/15/01
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Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress welcoming President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan to the US
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Referred to the Committee on International Relations
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S 884 Domenici
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05/15/01
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A bill to improve port-of-entry infrastructure along the Southwest border of the US, to establish grants to improve port-of-entry facilities, to designate a port-of-entry as a port technology demonstration site, and for other purposes
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Referred to the Committee on Finance
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HR 1827 Hutchinson
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05/14/01
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A bill to reauthorize the consent of Congress to the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact and to grant the consent of Congress to the Southern Dairy Compact, a Pacific Northwest Compact, and an Intermountain Dairy Compact
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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S 873 Helms
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05/14/01
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A bill to preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities
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Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension
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S 877 Nelson
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05/14/01
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A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require that a warning label be affixed to arsenic-treated wood sold in the US
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Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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SRes 88 Kennedy
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05/14/01
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the importance of membership of the US on the United Nations Human Rights Commission
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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HR 1828 Sawyer
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05/14/01
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A bill to require the president to report annually to the Congress on effects of the imposition of unilateral economic sanctions by the US
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Referred to the Committee on International Relations
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