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To recognize the importance of promoting fair trade in wheat.

October 28, 1993

Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. ROSE, Mr. SARPALIUS, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. EMERSON, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. MINGE, Mr. LAROCCO, Mr. SLATTERY, Mr. GLICKMAN, Mr. ENGLISH of Oklahoma, Mr. INSLEE, and Mr. POMEROY) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

To recognize the importance of promoting fair trade in wheat.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That Congress recognizes the importance of promoting fair trade in wheat that--

(1) Congress finds that--

(A) Canadian wheat farmers enjoy an unfair advantage over their American counterparts because of the secretive operation of the Canadian Wheat Board and transportation subsidies;

(B) in large part because of these subsidies, imports of wheat from Canada have nearly tripled in the last five years and now total 75 million bushels annually;

(C) according to a Department of Agriculture study, these imports have cost the United States Treasury some $600 million over the last four years; and

(D) the Canadians were able to capture as much as seventy-five percent of the Mexican wheat market in recent marketing years; and

(2) It is the sense of Congress that--

(A) if the Secretary of Agriculture has reason to believe that wheat is being imported into the United States from Canada under such conditions and in such quantities as to render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, any loan, purchase, or other program or operation undertaken by the Department of Agriculture, then the United States Government should take action to address the problem of Canadian wheat imports using existing United States trade laws;

(B) the United States Government should seek an immediate understanding with the Mexican Government to define certain Canadian wheat practices as unfair;

(C) The United States, Canada, and Mexico should begin immediate consultations with a goal of ensuring free and fair trade in wheat throughout North America; and

(D) Transportation subsidies and secretive monopolistic pricing should be considered unfair trading practices.

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