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 PUBLIC LAW 100-449—SEPT. 28, 1988

102 STAT. 1895

(A) deal with unfair pricing and government subsidization, and (B) provide for increased discipline on subsidies. (2)(A) The objectives of the United States in negotiating an agreement under paragraph (1) include (but are not limited to)— (i) achievement, on an expedited basis, of increased discipline on government production and export subsidies that have a significant impact, directly or indirectly, on bilateral trade between the United States and Canada; and "^ (ii) attainment of increased and more effective discipline on those Canadian Government (including provincial) subsidies having the most significant adverse impact on United States producers that compete with subsidized products of Canada in the markets of the United States and Canada. (B) Special emphasis should be given in negotiating an agree- Business and ment under paragraph (1) to obtain discipline on Canadian industry. subsidy programs that adversely affect United States industries which directly compete with subsidized imports. (3) The United States members of the working group established under article 1907 of the Agreement shall— (A) consult regularly with the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, and advisory committees established under section 135 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155) regarding— (i) the issues being considered by the working group, and (ii) as appropriate, the objectives and strategy of the United States in the negotiations, and (B) beginning in January 1990, submit an annual report Reports. to such Congressional Committees on the progress being made in the negotiations to obtain an agreement that meete the objectives described in paragraph (2). (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or of any other law, the provisions of section 151 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2191) shall not apply to any bill or joint resolution that implements an agreement entered into under paragraph (1), unless the President determines and notifies the Congress that such agreement— (A) will provide greater discipline over government subsidies and no less discipline over unfair pricing practices by producers than that provided by the agreements described in paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 2 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (the Subsidies Code and Antidumping Code), respectively, taking into account the effects of the Agreement, and (B) will neither undermine such multilateral discipline nor detract from United States efforts to increase such discipline on a multilateral basis in, or subsequent to, the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations. Ok)) IDENTIFICATION OF INDUSTRIES FACING SUBSIDIZED IMPORTS.—

(1) Any entity, including a trade Eissociation, firm, certified or recc^nized union, or group of workers, that is representative of a United States industry and has reason to believe that— (A)(i) as a result of implementation of provisions of the Agreement, the industry is likely to face increased competi-

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