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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…

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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 17, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
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Agreed to (House)
Jul 24, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jul 17, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 17, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 previous or simultaneous admission of China, either as a developing or a developed country. Declares that it should be U.S. policy to support Taiwan's unconditional admission to the WTO.

What's happening now July 24, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 17, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 190: 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.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-190/
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"H. Res. 190: 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.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-190/.
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H. Res. 190, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-190/.
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[H. Res. 190: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-190/)
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