HRES 490
104th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
China
Commerce
Developed countries
Developing countries
East Asia
Free enterprise
Free trade
International Affairs
International agencies
Taiwan
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Taiwan should be admitted to the World Trade Organization without making such admission conditional on the previous or simultaneous admission of the People's Republic of China to the WTO.
Introduced: July 26, 1996
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Jul 26, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 26, 1996
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Taiwan should be admitted to the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a separate customs territory without making such admission conditional on the admission of China, either as a developing or a developed country. Urges that it be U.S. policy to support Taiwan's unconditional admission to the WTO.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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