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HR 4065 104th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance China Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements East Asia Expedited congressional procedure House rules and procedure International Affairs International agencies Legislative resolutions Senate rules and procedure Trade agreements

To require prior congressional approval before the President supports the admission of the People's Republic of China into the World Trade Organization, and to provide for the withdrawal of the United States from the World Trade Organization if China is accepted into the WTO without the support of the United States.

Introduced: September 12, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Sep 12, 1996
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.
Sep 12, 1996
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits the President from supporting the admission of China into the World Trade Organization (WTO) unless the Congress passes a joint resolution allowing the President to support such admission.

Directs the President to: (1) notify the Congress if China becomes a member of the WTO without the support of the United States; and (2) submit notice of the withdrawal of the United States from the WTO Agreement.

Makes a conforming amendment to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

What's happening now September 12, 1996

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.

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