REVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPLE- 

 MENTAL AGREEMENTS TO THE NORTH 

 AMERICAN FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT AND 

 AN UPDATE ON THE URUGUAY ROUND OF 

 THE GATT NEGOTIATIONS 



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1993 



House of Representatives, 

 Committee on Agriculture, 



Washington, DC. 



The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a.m., in room 

 1300, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. E (Kika) de la Garza 

 (chairman of the committee) presiding. 



Present: Representatives Brown, Rose, English, Glickman, Sten- 

 holm, Volkmer, Penny, Johnson, Sarpalius, Long, Condit, Peterson, 

 Dooley, Cla5^on, Minge, Hilliard, Inslee, Barlow, Pomeroy, Holden, 

 Baesler, Thurman, Bishop, Lambert, Roberts, Gunderson, Lewis, 

 Smith, Combest, Allard, Barrett, Nussle, Boehner, Doolittle, 

 Goodlatte, Dickey, and Canady. 



Also present: Representative Crapo. 



Staff present: Vernie Hubert, chief counsel and legislative direc- 

 tor; Joseph Muldoon, associate counsel; William E. O'Conner, Jr., 

 minority policy coordinator; John E. Hogan, minority counsel; Glen- 

 da L. Temple, clerk; Anita R. Brown, Joe Dugan, Xavier Equihua, 

 and Lynn Gallagher. 



OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. E (KIKA) de la GARZA, A 

 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS 



The Chairman. The committee will be in order. 



We will abide by the usual practice. Unfortunately we had a cau- 

 cus earlier and the names may not have been noted. So if the clerk 

 will at this time note the members who are here in order that we 

 may accommodate them accordingly in the question period. 



This morning we meet in order to be briefed by Ambassador 

 Kantor on the progress, or lack of progress, both with the Uruguay 

 Round of GATT and with the North American Free-Trade Agree- 

 ment. 



Mr. Ambassador, we welcome you. We appreciate your coopera- 

 tion and, most of all, your availability to me and to the members 

 of this committee. What you do is of great importance to America 

 and to American agriculture, and certainly to all the members of 

 this committee and the Members of the House. 



We know the most difficult task that you face. We want to be 

 fully knowledgeable not only in the process but in your endeavors 



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