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HR 1361 106th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Bananas Commerce Congress Congressional oversight Dispute settlement Economic warfare Europe European Union Exports Free trade Fruit trade Imports International Affairs Tariff

To bar the imposition of increased tariffs or other retaliatory measures against the products of the European Union in response to the banana regime of the European Union.

Introduced: March 25, 1999 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 9, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 25, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 25, 1999
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the U.S. Customs Service, and any other U.S. agency or officer from taking any action to: (1) implement the decision of the Office of the USTR announced on March 3, 1999, to withhold liquidation on imports valued at over $500 million of selected European Union (EU) products; and (2) impose increased tariffs on, or impose other retaliatory measures against, EU products in response to the EU banana regime that is the subject of dispute proceedings before the World Trade Organization. Requires the refund of any deposit given or duties paid pursuant to such decision by any importer before enactment of this Act.

Declares that, if before the enactment of this Act the EU imposes any increased tariffs on, or other retaliatory measures against, U.S. products in response to the March 3 decision, or in response to any increased tariffs on, or other retaliatory measures against, EU products imposed by the United States in response to the EU banana regime, then this Act shall take effect only upon the President's certification that the EU has revoked such tariffs or other measures.

What's happening now April 9, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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