This legislation offers the opportunity for increased trade and investment between the United States and Africa to the mutual benefit of both.

I welcome and applaud passage today by the House of Representatives of the African growth and opportunity act.

I have established increased rates of duty for imports above the tariff-rate quota levels.

Approved June 25 H.R. 435 / Public Law 106-36 Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1999

H.R. 975 would violate our WTO obligations; consequently, it would give steel exporting countries the right to retaliate against U.S. agricultural, services, technology, and industrial exports.

I do proclaim that: in order to provide for an accelerated schedule of duty elimination for specific goods, the tariff treatment set forth in the HTS for certain NAFTA originating goods is modified as provided in the Annex to this proclamation.

I think we should continue to aggressively pursue those protections in our trade relations.

I think the future trends around the world look quite good for America's farmers if we can get through this rough spot.

To keep our economy strong, we must continue to break down unfair foreign trade barriers to American products and services.

It is in the national interest for the Export-Import Bank of the United States to extend a loan in the approximate amount of $60 million to the People's Republic of China to finance the export of U.S. goods and services for the construction of Shanghai Metro Phase II, Line I.

I have decided that it is necessary and appropriate to modify a subheading in subchapter V of chapter 99 and the legal notes pertaining to such TRQs.

I have decided it is necessary and appropriate to modify U.S. note 6 to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS and to amend the instructions in section A(5)(c) of Annex II to Proclamation 6948.

I have decided that it is necessary and appropriate to continue previously proclaimed duty treatment for the affected goods and to make technical corrections in certain HTS provisions.

I am confident she will make an excellent United States Trade Representative.

Nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) shall be extended to the products of Romania.

I have decided that it is necessary and appropriate to provide six additional HTS subheadings corresponding to six additional announcements by the Secretary.

I do proclaim that subheadings 9903.52.21 through 9903.52.26... are hereby inserted in numerical sequence in subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS.

I have decided to clarify the status of such importations with respect to the tariff-rate quota.