COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS JESSE HELMS, North Carolina, Chairman RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island NANCY L. KASSEBAUM, Kansas JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware HANK BROWN, Colorado PAUL SARBANES, Maryland PAUL COVERDELL, Georgia CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine JOHN F. KERRY, Massachusetts FRED THOMPSON, Tennessee CHARLES S. ROBB, Virgina CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin ROD GRAMS, Minnesota DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California JAMES W. NANCE, Staff Director COMMITTEE ON FINANCE BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon, Chairman BOB DOLE, Kansas DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN, New York WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., Delaware MAX BAUCUS, Montana JOHN H. CHAFEE, Rhode Island BILL BRADLEY, New Jersey CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa DAVID PRYOR, Arkansas ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV, West Virginia ALAN K. SIMPSON, Wyoming JOHN BREAUX, Louisiana LARRY PRESSLER, South Dakota KENT CONRAD, North Dakota ALFONSE M. D'AMATO, New York BOB GRAHAM, Florida FRANK H. MURKOWSKI, Alaska CAROL MOSELEY-BRAUN, Mlinois LINDY L. PAULL, Staff Director and Chief Counsel (III) CONTENTS Page ..................... TEXT OF SECTION 2202 OF THE OMNIBUS TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS ACT COUNTRY REPORTS* ........ (V) Page 214 219 221 222 224 229 233 240 244 250 257 258 264 268 274 279 283 288 293 298 303 306 .... ...... EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA-CONTINUED Latvia Uzbekistan Argentina Venezuela Algeria United Arab Emirates Bangladesh ...... 313 318 322 328 334 341 347 354 360 366 372 376 382 357 392 400 405 411 415 419 425 429 437 441 446 452 456 457 463 468 474 478 482 487 494 499 505 510 516 *Reports also cover the following areas: Hong Kong and Taiwan. FOREWORD The reports on individual country economic policy and trade practices contained herein were prepared by the Department of State in accordance with section 2202 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (P.L. 100 418). Modeled on the State Department's annual reports on country human rights practices, the reports are intended to provide a single, comprehensive and comparative analysis of the economic policies and trade practices of each country with which the United States has an economic or trade relationship. Because of the increasing importance of, and interest in, trade and economic issues, these reports are prepared to assist members in considering legislation in the areas of trade and economic policy. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, Chairman, Committee on International Relations. BILL ARCHER, Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means. JESSE HELMS, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations. BOB PACKWOOD, Chairman, Committee on Finance. |