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case, Mexico or Canada — "to review the records referred to in arti- 

 cle 505(a) and observe the facihties used in production of the 

 goods." 



That is very strong language and goes a long way toward what 

 you are referring to. Obviously, you also talked earlier about en- 

 forcement of laws and dispute resolution. Chapter 20 is well draft- 

 ed. Also, in the side agreements we are going to look to the Mexi- 

 can port system and see what we can do in terms of assuring due 

 process, citizen access, appeal administrative decision into the 

 court system, and so on, which will make a difference. 



So in all these ways, we are trying to address the question that 

 you raise. It is not only appropriate, it is a critical question. 



Mr. English. Can you give us any kind of assurance that the ad- 

 ministration will in fact make sure that there are adequate re- 

 sources available through those agencies that have the responsibil- 

 ity for enforcement? I think we are talking primarily about the 

 Customs Service. 



Ambassador Kantor. That's correct. 



Mr. English. They are terribly overworked as it is. They have 

 huge responsibilities. 



In this case, can you give us assurances that there will be special 

 attention focused on this in making sure that they have adequate 

 resources to prevent these kinds of violations of the agreement? 



Ambassador Kantor. This comes under Secretary Bentsen and I 

 am not in the business of speaking for him, but I know he would 

 treat this as seriously as you, the committee, and I would treat it. 

 One of the staff members in this body will now head the Customs 

 Service, George Weiss, who is one of the most talented people to 

 come out of here or anywhere else. I think given his talents; and 

 given Secretary Bentsen's commitments; and given the language in 

 this document and the dispute resolution mechanism in the 

 NAFTA; and assuming we get the supplemental agreements — I 

 have said that many times but I don't think you can say it 

 enough — then I think we're addressing as effectively as possible the 

 question you are raising. 



Mr. English. Thank you very much. 



Mr. Goodlatte. 



Mr. Goodlatte. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Ambassador, welcome. We're glad to have you here. 



I represent the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, which is a major 

 agricultural area of my State. I have generally regarded free trade 

 as something that was a big boon to American agriculture and to 

 a number of other industries in my district. I am concerned, how- 

 ever, to learn that the National Turkey Federation is concerned 

 about the fact that this agreement sets quotas for turkey exports 

 that are significantly below their existing exports and their pro- 

 jected export levels. 



Do you have any observations on that? Is anything going to be 

 done to rectify that? That is probably one of the largest agricultural 

 commodities in my State. 



Ambassador Kantor. This is one of which I was not aware. 



I am told that the original base was set 1989 to 1991. Of course, 

 poultry has grown tremendously. Once they set the base during the 



