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 CIS NO: 92-H381-56
 TITLE: Most Favored Nation Status for the People's Republic of China.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: v+300 p.
 DATE: May 29, 1991
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 102-1             SUDOC: Y4.F76/1:C44/26
 ITEM NO: 1017-A; 1017-B
 MC ENTRY NO: 93-3510

 Hearing before the Subcom on Human Rights and International Organizations,
 the Subcom on Asian and Pacific Affairs, and the Subcom on International
 Economic Policy and Trade to review the proposed extension of
 most-favored-nation (MFN) treatment for products imported from the People's
 Republic of China (PRC), in light of concerns about PRC human rights
 practices.
   Supplementary material (p. 124-152, 239-300) includes submitted
 statements, correspondence, and articles.
 CONTENT NOTATION: China most-favored-nation status extension
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND
     INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. HOUSE; SUBCOM ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC
     AFFAIRS. HOUSE; SUBCOM ON INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY AND TRADE.
     HOUSE; CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (Most-favored-nation status
     extension); MOST-FAVORED-NATION PRINCIPLE; EAST-WEST TRADE; HUMAN
     RIGHTS

 92-H381-56 TESTIMONY NO: 1         May 29, 1991 p. 18-123
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LORD, WINSTON (former U.S. Ambassador to PRC)
     HOLBROOKE, RICHARD C. (former Assistant Secretary, East Asia and the
        Pacific, Department of State)
     FRIEDMAN, EDWARD (Professor, Political Science Department, University
        of Wisconsin)
     FANG, LIZHI (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University)
     ZHAO, HAICHING (Chairman, National Committee on Chinese Student
        Affairs, Harvard University; representing Independent Federation of
        Chinese Students and Scholars)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Differing perspectives on proposed extension of
     conditional MFN status to PRC; recommendations regarding conditioning of
     MFN status on improvements in PRC human rights situation; description
     and extent of PRC human rights violations; criticism of U.S. policy
     regarding extension of MFN status to PRC.
 INSERTION: 
     -- Lardy, Nicholas R. (Univ of Wash), "Redefining U.S.-China
        Economic Relations" prepared for National Bureau of Asian and Soviet
        Research, 1991 (p. 33-44).
 CONTENT NOTATION: China most-favored-nation status extension
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): FOREIGN.ECONOMIC.RELATIONS
     ("Redefining U.S.-China Economic Relations"); INDEPENDENT FEDERATION OF
     CHINESE STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS

 92-H381-56 TESTIMONY NO: 2         May 29, 1991 p. 153-238, 256-298
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     KAMM, JOHN T. (American businessman in Hong Kong)
     OVERHOLT, WILLIAM H. (American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong)
     OSWALD, RUDOLPH A. (Director, Department of Economic Research,
        AFL-CIO)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Arguments against terminating MFN status for
     PRC, citing potential negative effects on efforts to improve human
     rights conditions in PRC (related rpt, p. 168-173); opposition to
     extension of MFN status to PRC, with description and prevalence of PRC
     human rights violations; differing views on human rights and trade
     issues involved in extending MFN status to PRC.
 INSERTIONS: 
     a. Wu, Hongda Harry (Stanford Univ), "Forced Labor in China"
        AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs Bulletin, Special Report,
        Oct. 1990 (p. 224-230).
     b. Kamm, J., "Human Rights in Guangdong Province: A Preliminary
        Report" May 1991, with articles and correspondence (p. 256-298).
 CONTENT NOTATION: China most-favored-nation status extension
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): FORCED LABOR ("Forced Labor
     in China"); GUANGDONG, CHINA ("Human Rights in Guangdong Province: A
     Preliminary Report"); AFL-CIO