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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY BLACK, BEHN, IVERSON, BOETTGER, and McCOY 1 3 A Concurrent Resolution urging congressional adoption 1 4 of a free trade agreement between Taiwan and the 1 5 United States. 1 6 WHEREAS, Taiwan and the United States have been 1 7 important strategic partners for the past half- 1 8 century; and 1 9 WHEREAS, the economic ties between the United 1 10 States and Taiwan are strong as evidenced by the fact 1 11 that Taiwan was the eighth largest United States 1 12 trading partner in 2001, ranking 10th in terms of 1 13 Taiwan exports to the United States, and eighth in 1 14 terms of United States exports to Taiwan, including 1 15 significant agricultural exports; and 1 16 WHEREAS, the economic relationship between the 1 17 United States and Taiwan is further evidenced by 1 18 investment activity between the two countries, with 1 19 total United States investment in Taiwan of $7.74 1 20 billion at the end of 2000, and total Taiwan 1 21 investment in the United States of $3.22 billion at 1 22 the end of 2000; and 1 23 WHEREAS, the United States Congress has recognized 1 24 the possible benefits of expanded free trade between 1 25 Taiwan and the United States by requesting the U.S. 1 26 International Trade Commission to study the 1 27 possibility of a free trade agreement with Taiwan; and 1 28 WHEREAS, the U.S. International Trade Commission 1 29 study found that eliminating trade barriers between 1 30 the United States and Taiwan would result in a likely 2 1 rise of $3.4 billion in United States exports to 2 2 Taiwan, with exports of food accounting for about $520 2 3 million, and a likely rise of $7 billion in United 2 4 States imports from Taiwan; and 2 5 WHEREAS, the U.S. International Trade Commission 2 6 further found that eliminating trade barriers between 2 7 the United States and Taiwan would have a negligible 2 8 impact on United States production and gross domestic 2 9 product and would have a small, but positive, impact 2 10 on the production and gross domestic product of 2 11 Taiwan; NOW THEREFORE, 2 12 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF 2 13 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General 2 14 Assembly strongly urges the President of the United 2 15 States and Congress to eliminate trade barriers with 2 16 Taiwan by negotiating and adopting a free trade 2 17 agreement between the United States and Taiwan; and 2 18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this 2 19 Resolution be sent to the President of the United 2 20 States, the President of the United States Senate, the 2 21 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, 2 22 and to all members of Iowa's congressional delegation. 2 23 LSB 2312SS 80 2 24 ec/sh/8.1
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