Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987 (Title VI--Agricultural Trade): Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 3, Title VI, March 31, 1987 |
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Page 48 - I will be happy to answer any questions you or the members of the committee may have.
Page 79 - ... improving the competitive environment by increasing discipline on the use of all direct and indirect subsidies and other measures affecting directly or indirectly agricultural trade, including the phased reduction of their negative effects and dealing with their causes...
Page 131 - That latter device — nonetization — is very important. The donated surpluses are sold inside the country. The local currency that is generated is used to carry forward an economic-development program to help to get a country out of a subsistence economy. There are many, many projects for which we can monetize these commodities — furthering both the process of development for sustained commercial-market gains and the goal of reducing our stockpiles.
Page 173 - Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank you and members of the committee for the opportunity to present our views on Federal Indian housing programs.
Page 153 - ... sugar quotas for the US in 1987. The recipient governments may sell the food in-country and use the proceeds as they wish. At a time of abundant US commodities and severe budget restraints, administrative limitations for cooperatives and PVO's are an impediment to economic, private sector and market development overseas. The guidelines governing sales and barter should be more flexible and encourage development-oriented projects using local currencies. PVO's and cooperatives are important partners...
Page 15 - If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.
Page 149 - Is a national membership and trade association representing America's cooperative business community. NCSA's membership includes farm supply, agricultural marketing, insurance, banking, housing, health care, consumer goods and services, student, credit union, worker, fishery, rural electric and telephone, state associations and other types of cooperatives.
Page 80 - ... including the phased reduction of their negative effects and dealing with their causes; (iii) minimizing the adverse effects that sanitary and phytosanitary regulations and barriers can have on trade in agriculture, taking into account the relevant international agreements.
Page 175 - Tom Kay, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade that he strongly supported wood products eligibility for GSM 102/103. As to degree of processing, rough lumber or veneer is no more "manufactured...
Page 138 - When economic development occurs, growing nations import more food. With 75 percent of the world's population, and exploding population growth, those developing countries were the target markets in the 1960s and 1970s. They should once again become our target markets. Last October, market-development experts for seven organizations representing the major export commodities evaluated 62 countries' needs and matched them up against the tools available through the 1985 farm bill.