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cent of the U.S. Durum market in 1986 to over 20 percent today. 

 They have had a five-fold increase in the Spring wheat market. 

 And those trends are continuing. 



I have also called for end-use certificate legislation, legislation 

 that I have introduced previously, legislation that has twice passed 

 the United States Senate, legislation which the conference commit- 

 tee on reconciliation accepted until the Byrd rule was used to 

 knock it out. 



And my concerns don't go just to wheat and barley, although 

 those are critical ones. In addition, we have problems with the 

 NAFTA agreement on sugar to provide unlimited access to the U.S. 

 sugar market for Mexico in year seven even though Mexico is an 

 importer of sugar. 



We have problems on dry edible beans: It will cut our shipments 

 of dry edible beans to Mexico in half because of an inadequate 

 record base that was used in negotiating the agreement. 



And potatoes: Potatoes exports to Mexico, which have been grow- 

 ing by 100 percent a year — that growth will be cut off by this 

 agreement. 



Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, my message today is 

 very simple: Fix it or forget it. Fix it or forget it. And f hope that 

 message is received and responded to. 



I thank the Chair. 



The Chairman. Thank you very much, Senator Conrad. 



The order I have as members have come in, next is Senator 

 Feingold, then Senator Grassley, Senator Craig, Senator Pryor, 

 Senator Cochran, and Senator Daschle. 



Senator Feingold. 



STATEMENT OF HON. RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, A U.S. SENATOR 



FROM WISCONSIN 



Senator Feingold. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will try to be 

 brief. 



One of the most significant concessions the United States would 

 make under NAFTA is the immediate elimination of our Section 22 

 import quotas with Mexico. 



Section 22 has been central in our efforts to stabilize domestic 

 prices and supplies for commodities such as dairy, cotton, sugar, 

 and peanuts. The magnitude of this concession cannot be ignored. 

 This concession also has strong implications for any future agricul- 

 tural agreement that might be achieved with regard to the GATT 

 talks. 



Any adverse impacts resulting from the elimination of Section 22 

 are supposed to be prevented by this side agreement on import 

 surges. I have concerns about the adequacy of that agreement to 

 prevent import surges and the ability of the working group on 

 emergency action to prevent that flood of imports. 



I have been told by many farmers in Wisconsin that the key to 

 a successful NAFTA or GATT agreement is market access. In 

 NAFTA, Canada has been excluded from the agreement on dairy. 

 Clearly, U.S. producers have not gained access to that lucrative 

 market. 



The question, then, for dairy is: What level of market access do 

 we achieve under this agreement with Mexico? The answer to that 



