Review of the Uruguay Round GATT Agreement Implications for Agricultural Trade: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, March 16 and April 20, 1994

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1994 - 362 Seiten
 

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Seite 52 - Negotiations shall aim to achieve greater liberalization of trade in agriculture and bring all measures affecting import access and export competition under strengthened and more operationally effective GATT rules and disciplines...
Seite 69 - ... plants and animals other than micro-organisms, and essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals other than non-biological and microbiological processes. However, Members shall provide for the protection of plant varieties either by patents or by an effective sui generis system or by any combination thereof.
Seite 69 - ... domestic industry* shall be interpreted as referring to the domestic producers as a whole of the like products or to those of them whose collective output of the products constitutes a major proportion of the total domestic production of those products, except that: (i) when producers are related" to the exporters or importers or are themselves importers of the allegedly dumped product, the term "domestic industry...
Seite 69 - ... actual data pertaining to production and sales in the ordinary course of trade of the like product by the exporter or producer under investigation.
Seite 54 - The new system is a significant improvement on the existing practice. In short, it will work and it will work fast. The process will be subject to strict time limits for each step.
Seite 69 - ... cent of the total production of the like product produced by that portion of the domestic industry expressing either support for or opposition to the application. However, no investigation shall be initiated when domestic producers expressly supporting the application account for less than 25 per cent of total production of the like product produced by the domestic industry.
Seite 70 - ... the optimal use of the world's resources in accordance with the objective of sustainable development, seeking both to protect and preserve the environment and to enhance the means for doing so in a manner consistent with their respective needs and concerns at different levels of economic development...
Seite 54 - S&P measures to keep out US agricultural exports. S&P measures are laws, regulations and other measures aimed at protecting human, animal and plant life and health from risks of plant- and animal borne pests and diseases, and additives and contaminants in foods and feedstuffs.
Seite 48 - Round negotiations was an important part of the President's strategy for strengthening the domestic economy. Barely a year ago, President Clinton entered office, faced with daunting challenges in his effort to restore the American Dream. The economy was stagnant. Unemployment was high, and confidence was down. In just one year, we have turned a corner. Our economy is growing and millions of jobs have been created. People are getting back to work. But these are just the first steps in preparing our...
Seite 186 - American farmers today live and sell their products In a global food and agricultural economy. The prices they receive are dependent to an important degree upon what their commodities will bring In world trade. Such prices...

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