US-CHINA TRADE RELATIONS AND RENEWAL OF CHINA’S MOST-FAVORED-NATION STATUS HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRADE OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION MAY 23, 1995. Serial 104-15 Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means ae U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 93-944 CC E Superintendent of Documents Is! ZCOMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS BILL ARCHER, Texas, Chairman PHILIP M. CRANE, Mlinois SAM M. GIBBONS, Florida BILL THOMAS, California CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York E. CLAY SHAW, JR,, Florida FORTNEY PETE STARK, California NANCY L. JOHNSON, Connecticut ANDY JACOBS, JR, Indiana JIM BUNNING, Kentucky HAROLD E. FORD, Tennessee AMO HOUGHTON, New York ROBERT T. MATSUI, California WALLY HERGER, California BARBARA B. KENNELLY, Connecticut JIM MCCRERY, Louisiana WILLIAM J. COYNE, Pennsylvania MEL HANCOCK, Missouri SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan DAVE CAMP, Michigan BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland JIM RAMSTAD, Minnesota JIM McDERMOTT, Washington DICK ZIMMER, New Jersey GERALD D. KLECZKA, Wisconsin JIM NUSSLE, fowa JOHN LEWIS, Georgia SAM JOHNSON, Texas F. PAYNE, Virginia JENNIFER DUNN, Washington MAC COLLINS, Georgia ROB PORTMAN, Ohio PHILIP 8. ENGLISH, Pennsylvania JOHN ENSIGN, Nevada JON CHRISTENSEN, Nebraska PHILIP D. MOSELEY, Chief of Staff JANICE MAYS, Minority Chief Counsel ICHARD E. NEAL, Massachusetts SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRADE PHILIP M. CRANE, Minois, Chairman BILL THOMAS, California CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York E, CLAY SHAW, Jr., Florida SAM M. GIBBONS, Florida AMO HOUGHTON, New York ROBERT T. MATSUI, California MEL HANCOCK, Missouri WILLIAM J. COYNE, Pennsylvania DAVE CAMP, Michigan L.F. PAYNE, Virginia JIM RAMSTAD, Minnesota RICHARD E. NEAL, Massachusetts DICK ZIMMER, New Jersey JENNIFER DUNN, Washington aCONTENTS Advisory of May 2, 1995, announcing the hearing WITNESSES Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Hon. Charlene Barshefsky, Deputy US. Trade Representative eins: U.S. Department of State, Hon, Kent Wiedemann, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Bast Asian and Pacific AMfairs 0 ‘American Association of Exporters and Importers, William Manteria American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Jef- frey L. Fiedler : AMP, Inc., John P. Paiafoutas cere Aronson, Robert R., Ross Engineering Corp., and Revpower Limited Boulter, Hon. Beau, Arlington, Va .. Brown, Charies J., Puebla Institute a Duggan, E. Martin, Small Business Exporters Association Electronic Industries Association, John P. Palafoutas .. Emergency Committee for American Trade, Donald H. Fashion Accessories Shippers Association, Joel K. Simon Fiedler, Jeffrey L., American Federation of Labor and Congress o} Organizations, and Laogai Research Foundation .. Human Rights Watch/Asia, Mike Jendrzejezyk International Campaign for Tibet, Rachel Lostumbo « dendregiezy\, Mike, Haman Rights Wateh/Asi Kapp, Hobert A., US-China Business Council Kolbe, Hon. Jim, a Representative in Congress from the State of Arizona Lang, Donald H., United Technologies Corp., and Emergency Committee for American Trade ... : Lantos, Hon. Tom, a Represent Laogai Research Foundation, Jeffrey L. Fiedler, Lostumbo, Rachel, International Campaign for Tibet Manteria, William, Woolworth Corp., and American Association of Exporters and Importers ...... Palafoutas, John B., AMP, Inc., and Blecironie Industries Association -nncc.mu- Pelosi, Hon. Nancy, a Representative in Congress from the State of Galifor- Bae ce Puebla Institute, Charles J. Brown ...... Revpower Limited, Robert R. Aronson Ross Engineering Corp., Robert R. Aronson Russ Berrie & Co., Inc., Joel K. Simon... Simon, Joel K., Fashion Accessories Shippers A‘ & Co, Ine ‘Small Business Exporters Association, E. Martin Duggan Solomon, Hon. Gerald B., a Representative in Congress from the State of ‘New York United Technologies Corp., Donald H. Lang U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Willard A. Workman US-China Business Council, Robert A: Kapp nr Wolf, Hon. Frank R., a Representative in Congress from the State of Virginia Woolworth Corp., William Manteri Workman, Willard A., U.S. Chamber a 44 52 81 102 152 141 113 168 88 67 163 102 106 125 106 133 20 67 34 102 125 81 88 23 113 152 152 163 163 168 67 4 133 13 81 4