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HCONRES 233 105th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Automobile industry Automobile parts industry Commerce Competition Congress Congressional reporting requirements Dispute settlement East Asia Economics and Public Finance Free trade Glass and glass industry Government regulation International Affairs International agencies Japan Nontariff trade barriers Photographic film Restrictive trade practices Science, Technology, Communications

Calling on Japan to establish and maintain an open, competitive market for consumer photographic film and paper and other sectors facing market access barriers in Japan.

Introduced: March 4, 1998 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 9, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 4, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 4, 1998
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls upon the Government of Japan to: (1) live up to the standards it has set for open competitive markets; and (2) fully implement the representations that it made to a dispute settlement panel of the World Trade Organization regarding deregulation, transparency, nondiscrimination, open distribution systems, and vigorous enforcement of competition laws with respect to consumer photographic film and paper as well as other sectors, such as autos and auto parts, glass, and telecommunications, that face similar market access barriers there.

Urges the President, the United States Trade Representative, and other appropriate officers of the executive branch to exercise fully existing authority to achieve these objectives.

Requests the President to report periodically to the Congress on progress in eliminating market restrictions in Japan for consumer photographic film and paper.

What's happening now March 9, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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