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HAMDT 852 (99th)

An amendment in the nature of a substitute which is similar to the committee bill except for the following deletions: provisions which mandate Presidential action against violations of existing trade agreements and unjustified foreign trade practices; the requirement that negotiations be initiated to reduce excessive trade surpluses of countries with unfair trade practices; the inclusion of violations of internationally-recognized worker's rights as an unreasonable trade practice; the authorization of $1 billion in new education and training programs; the authorization of $25 million for an industrial competiveness council; the requirement that the least militarily significant 40 percent of the Commerce Department's list of controlled goods and technologies be decontrolled within three years; the exchange rate reform and increased lending by the World Bank; and all provisions on industry and worker trade adjustment.

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