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US-China Trade Information

• US-China Trade Toolkit [M]
• China Trade Legislation

USCBC Policy Statements

Recommendations for Strategic Economic Dialogue Topics and Related Short-Term Outcomes [pdf], 04/11/08

USCBC has signed on to a letter sent to the House leadership regarding H.R. 275, the "Global Online Freedom Act of 2007." The bill, introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), seeks to identify countries that limit access to the Internet and to restrict US information companies' operations in those countries. It was approved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee in October 2007 and has also been referred to the House Energy & Commerce and House Judiciary committees. This referral time has since expired, therefore the bill could be called up for consideration by the full House of Representatives at any time.

The letter raises concerns about certain aspects of the bill that could limit the legitimate business activities of US companies abroad, such as normal, internal communications with employees and customers. China is specifically identified as an Internet-restricting country in the bill's text.

• Letter to House leadership on Global Online Freedom Act [pdf], 02/28/08
• US Business Letter to Chairman Rangel on China Legislation [pdf], 02/07/08
• US Business Letter to Ranking Member McCrery on China Legislation [pdf], 02/07/08
• CEO Letter to Congressional Leadership on China-Related Legislation [pdf], 11/14/07
• USCBC Submission to the US International Trade Commission, 10/17/07
• China's WTO Implementation Efforts: 2007
  • USCBC Written Testimony to the Trade Policy Staff Committee [pdf], 09/27/07
  • USCBC Oral Statement to the Trade Policy Staff Committee [pdf], 09/27/07
• US Business Letter to Congress on China Legislation [pdf], 09/26/07
• USCBC Statement to the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, [pdf] 08/02/07
• USCBC 2007 JCCT Recommendations [pdf], 07/20/07 [M]
• USCBC Position: The Safety of Goods Made in China, 07/25/07
• USCBC Comments on the Draft PRC Labor Contract Law--in English [pdf], 01/31/07
  (Draft of December 24, 2006)
• USCBC Comments on the Draft PRC Labor Contract Law--in Chinese [pdf], 01/31/07
  (Draft of December 24, 2006)

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US Legislation & Regulations

• 110th Congress, First Session, Legislation Related to China [pdf], 05/02/08

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Key Commissions

• US-China Economic and Security Review Comission (USCC) Established in 2000 to review the national security implications of US-China economic relations
  Read the full text of the USCC Charter
• USCC 2006 Annual Report
• Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) Established in 2000 to monitor human rights and the rule of law in China
  Read the full text of the CECC Charter
• CECC 2006 Annual Report

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Recent US Government Reports

• 2006 Treasury Department Report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies
• USTR's 2007 Trade Policy Agenda and 2006 Annual Report
• USTR Top-to-Bottom Review: US-China Trade Relations:
  Entering a New Phase of Greater Accountability and Enforcement [pdf]
• USTR's 2006 Report to Congress on China's WTO Compliance [pdf]
• US Dept. of the Treasury June 2007 Report on Exchange Rates
• US Trade Representative's (USTR) 2006 National Trade Estimate Report on Barriers to Trade in China
• USTR's 2006 Special 301 Report on International Intellectual Property Rights
• US State Department's 2006 Report on Religious Freedom in China
• US State Department's 2006 Report on Human Rights in China
• 2005 GAO Report on Treasury Currency Assessment [pdf]

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