Later this year, Congress will formally
vote on whether to withdraw the United States from the World
Trade Organization. Although the WTO is a controversial topic,
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The fight over the permanent extension
of most-favored-nation trading status to China is likely to
be one of the hardest- fought congressional battles of 2000.
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As an election-year congressional session
gets under way, one of the hottest topics of speculation concerns
the timing of congressional votes on permanent normal trade
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There is no prouder legacy for U.S. foreign
policy in the post-Cold War world than the establishment of
true democracies in the countries that the United States supported
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According to many observers, the United
States, under the leadership of the Clinton administration,
has replaced Japan as the enemy of free trade in the world.
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Buried
in the new Clinton administration budget is an additional $21
million for enforcing trade agreements. From the perspective
of the entire budget, it… more
As the debate heats up on China's membership in the World
Trade Organization, it is already clear that proponents will make much of the safeguard
provision, which allows the United States to limit imports of Chinese products that are
disrupting the U.S. market.
The first major post-Seattle item on the Clinton administration's
trade agenda will be China--completing the process of bringing that country into the World
Trade Organization and gaining congressional support for the move.
Unfortunately for the Clinton trade team, neither step will prove easy. Europe has issues
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In the wake of the
breakdown of the World Trade Organization summit in Seattle, there has been a seemingly
endless round of finger-pointing and recrimination. In the end, however, it is less
important to attach blame than it is to forge a strategy for the future.
