COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON AGREEMENT ON TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED AND H. Con. Res. 204 APPROVING THE EXTENSION OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREAT- 56-196 O NOVEMBER 1, 2, AND 29, 1979 Serial 96-63 Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1980 COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AL ULLMAN, Oregon, Chairman DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, Illinois CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York JAMES R. JONES, Oklahoma RICHARD A. GEPHARDT, Missouri CECIL (CEC) HEFTEL, Hawaii WYCHE FOWLER, JR., Georgia FRANK J. GUARINI, New Jersey JAMES M. SHANNON, Massachusetts MARTY RUSSO, Illinois BARBER B. CONABLE, JR., New York JOHN J. DUNCAN, Tennessee BILL ARCHER, Texas GUY VANDER JAGT, Michigan PHILIP M. CRANE, Illinois BILL FRENZEL, Minnesota JAMES G. MARTIN, North Carolina L. A. (SKIP) BAFALIS, Florida JOHN H. ROUSSELOT, California Press releases Nos. 39 and 42 of Subcommittee on Trade announcing details of Trade staff background paper on United States-China trade agreement Attachment A.-Letter from the President to the Speaker transmitting Proclamation of October 23, 1979, and enclosing Agreement on Trade Relations Between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China and waiver of freedom of emigration provisions Page 40 Attachment E.-Comparison of MFN (col. 1) and non-MFN (col. 2) duty Attachment F.-Recent Sino-American contracts (as of March 1979); major projects involving American companies; petroleum exploration and de- Attachment I.-The law of the People's Republic of China on joint ventures Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, Ambassador Reu- bin O'D. Askew; Robert Cassidy, General Counsel; and Ambassador Michael B. Smith, Assistant Special Representative for Textile Policy and Negotia- Department of State, Hon. Warren Christopher, Deputy Secretary, and Roger W. Sullivan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Department of the Treasury, Hon. Anthony M. Solomon, Under Secretary for Monetary Affairs, and Peter Ehrenhaft, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Department of Commerce, Hon. Juanita M. Kreps, Secretary; C. L. Haslam, General Counsel; and Kempton B. Jenkins, Deputy Assistant Secretary for (IID |