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Rangel and Cardin Call on USTR to Reject WTO Antidumping Text
Tuesday November 22, 2005Failure to do so would harm American farmers, workers and businesses and risk Congressional approval of Doha negotiations
WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Charles B. Rangel joined Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.) today urged United States Trade Representative Rob Portman to reject the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) language pertaining to antidumping rules in the upcoming Doha Round. The Rangel / Cardin letter is attached.
Selected text from the letter:
“The text opens the door to a broad re-negotiation of the WTO Antidumping Agreement and contains numerous other flaws. Accordingly, I urge that it be rejected as a basis for further discussion or negotiation in this critical area.”
“I, like many Members of Congress, strongly oppose weakening the WTO Antidumping Agreement, let alone subjecting it to a broad renegotiation. The antidumping remedy ensures that American farmers, workers and businesses have a remedy against a key unfair trade practice of many foreign businesses. Weakening these vital rules would, in my view, put at substantial risk approval by Congress of the results of the Doha Round.”
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The letter, in its entirety, is attached to this release.