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 116 STAT. 304 PUBLIC LAW 107-171—MAY 13, 2002 (i) requiring price transparency in the operation of state trading enterprises and such other mechanisms; and (ii) ending discriminatory pricing practices for agricultural commodities that amount to de facto export subsidies so that the enterprises or other mechanisms do not (except in cases of bona fide food aid) sell agricultural commodities in foreign markets at prices below domestic market prices or prices below the full costs of acquiring and delivering agricultural commodities to the foreign markets; (B) unjustified trade restrictions or commercial requirements affecting new agricultural technologies, including biotechnology; (C) unjustified sanitary or phytosanitary restrictions, including restrictions that are not based on scientific principles, in contravention of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (as described in section 101(d)(3) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(3))); (D) other unjustified technical barriers to agricultural trade; and (E) restrictive and nontransparent rules in the administration of tariff rate quotas; (5) improving import relief mechanisms to recognize the unique characteristics of perishable agricultural commodities; (6) taking into account whether a party to negotiations with respect to trading in an agricultural commodity has— (A) failed to adhere to the provisions of an existing bilateral trade agreement with the United States; (B) circumvented obligations under a multilateral trade agreement to which the United States is a signatory; or (C) manipulated its currency value to the detriment of United States agricultural producers or exporters; and (7) otherwise ensuring that countries that accede to the World Trade Organization— (A) have made meaningful market liberalization commitments in agriculture; and (B) make progress in fulfilling those commitments over time. (b) PRIORITY FOR AGRICULTURE TRADE. —It is the sense of the Senate that— (1) reaching a successful agreement on agriculture should be the top priority of United States negotiators in World Trade Organization talks; and (2) if the primary export competitors of the United States fail to reduce their trade distorting domestic supports and eliminate export subsidies in accordance with the negotiating objectives expressed in this section, the United States should take steps to increase the leverage of United States negotiators and level the playing field for United States producers, within existing World Trade Organization commitments. (c) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—It is the sense of the Senate that—

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