Agricultural trade : impacts of the Andean Trade Preference Act on asparagus producers and consumers : report to congressional subcommitteesDIANE Publishing |
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Page 17 - Commission is required to evaluate in subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not necessarily be dispositive of whether an article is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury or threat of serious injury to the domestic industry. (3) For purposes of paragraph (1), in determining the domestic industry producing an article like or directly competitive...
Page 18 - Commission makes an affirmative finding under section 201 (b) that increased imports are a substantial cause of serious injury or threat thereof with respect to an industry, the Secretary shall...
Page 22 - The Honorable Marcy Kaptur, Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives...
Page 18 - ... foreign countries limiting the export from foreign countries and the import into the United States of such article; (F) proclaim procedures necessary to allocate among importers by the auction of import licenses quantities of the article that are permitted to be imported into the United States; (G) initiate international negotiations to address the underlying cause of the increase in imports of the article or otherwise to alleviate the injury or threat thereof; (H) submit to Congress legislative...
Page 1 - States. It may be reproduced and distributed in its entirety without further permission from GAO.
Page 1 - Chairman of the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, House Committee on Appropriations, on GAO'S earlier testimony on MPP.
Page 19 - ... Any BDC which reaches a per capita GNP level of $8,500 in a particular calendar year, indexed annually by 50 percent of the annual change in US GNP since 1984, must be graduated from GSP on all eligible articles over a 2-year phaseout period. Other provisions Section 505 as amended by the 1984 Act requires the President to submit a report to the Congress on the operation of the GSP program by January 4, 1990, as well as an annual report on the status of internationally recognized worker rights...
Page 17 - ... (i) a decline in sales or market share, a higher and growing inventory (whether maintained by domestic producers, importers, wholesalers, or retailers), and a downward trend in production, profits, wages...
Page 25 - See comment 4. See comment 5. See comment 6. See comment 7. Appendix III: Comments from the US Department of Agriculture Mr.
Page 6 - Andean countries and to develop viable economic alternatives to coca cultivation and cocaine production by offering Andean products broader access to the US market.