APEC - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation: Free Trade and Other Issues (open access)

APEC - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation: Free Trade and Other Issues

As a result of an initiative by Australia in 1989, the United States joined with eleven other Asia/Pacific nations in creating APEC, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation organization. This report discusses the annual Ministerial Meeting of APEC in Seattle, held from November 17 - 19, 1993.
Date: November 10, 1993
Creator: Nanto, Dick K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
China in Transition: Changing Conditions and Implications for U.S. Interests (open access)

China in Transition: Changing Conditions and Implications for U.S. Interests

Congressional interest in China's transformation has grown. Congressional concerns focus on economic opportunities in China and how conditions there affect U.S. security, economic and political interests.
Date: December 20, 1993
Creator: Sutter, Robert G.; Kan, Shirley A. & Dumbaugh, Kerry
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Most-Favored-Nation Status: U.S. Wheat Exports (open access)

China's Most-Favored-Nation Status: U.S. Wheat Exports

By June 3, 1993, President Clinton must determine whether or not he intends to recommend to the Congress a one-year extension of his Jackson-Vanik waiver authority, in effect extending most-favored-nation (MFN)[1] trading status to China for another year. The media are reporting that the President has decided to grant an extension, but that he is still deliberating over whether or not to attach certain conditions to the approval
Date: June 1, 1993
Creator: Ek, Carl & Epstein, Susan B.
System: The UNT Digital Library