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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the compliance of the People's Republic of China with its intellectual property rights enforcement agreement with the United…

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Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the compliance of the People's Republic of China with its intellectual property rights enforcement agreement with the United States and its accession to the World Trade Organization.

Introduced: May 9, 1996 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance ChinaCopyright infringementEast AsiaIntellectual property
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) full compliance by China with the Intellectual Property Rights Agreement should be established as a condition for China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO); and (2) until the United States Trade Representative certifies that China is making progress toward fulfilling its obligations under such agreement, the United States should oppose China's accession to the WTO.

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Sanford, Mark
· May 16, 1996
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Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 9, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 429: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the compliance of the People's Republic of China with its intellectual property rights enforcement agreement with the United States and its accession to the World Trade Organization.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HRES-429/
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"H. Res. 429: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the compliance of the People's Republic of China with its intellectual property rights enforcement agreement with the United States and its accession to the World Trade Organization.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HRES-429/.
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H. Res. 429, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HRES-429/.
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