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 114 STAT. 296 PUBLIC LAW 106-200—MAY 18, 2000 (2) leveling the playing field for United States producers of agricultural products by eliminating blue box subsidies and disciplining domestic supports in a way that forces producers to face world prices on all production in excess of domestic food security needs while allowing the preservation of nontrade distorting programs to support family farms and rural communities; (3) the elimination of state trading enterprises or the adoption of rigorous disciplines that ensure operational transparency, competition, and the end of discriminatory pricing practices, including policies supporting cross-subsidization and price undercutting in export markets; (4) affirming that the World Trade Organization Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures applies to new technologies, including biotechnology, and that labeling requirements to allow consumers to make choices regarding biotechnology products or other regulatory requirements may not be used as disguised barriers to trade; (5) increasing opportunities for United States exports of agricultural products by reducing tariffs to the same levels that exist in the United States or to lower levels and by eliminating all nontariff barriers, including— (A) restrictive or trade distorting practices, including those that adversely impact perishable or cyclical products; (B) restrictive rules in the administration of tariff- rate quotas; and (C) other barriers to agriculture trade, including unjustified restrictions or commercial requirements affecting new technologies, including biotechnology; (6) eliminating government policies that create pricedepressing surpluses; and (7) strengthening dispute settlement procedures to ensure prompt compliance by foreign governments with their World Trade Organization obligations including commitments not to maintain unjustified restrictions on United States exports. (c) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— (1) CONSULTATION BEFORE OFFER MADE.— In developing and before submitting an initial or revised negotiating proposal that would reduce United States tariffs on agricultural products or require a change in United States agricultural law, the United States Trade Representative shall consult with the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. (2) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESSIONAL TRADE ADVISERS. — Prior to and during the course of current negotiations on agricultural trade, the United States Trade Representative shall consult closely with the congressional trade advisers. (3) CONSULTATION BEFORE AGREEMENT INITIALED. — Not less than 48 hours before initialing an agreement reached as part of current World Trade Organization agricultural negotiations, the United States Trade Representative shall consult closely with the committees referred to in paragraph (1) regarding— (A) the details of the agreement; (B) the potential impact of the agreement on United States agricultural producers; and

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