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Article: Attorneys general ask federal-state talks on GATT. (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)
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- July 11, 1994
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WASHINGTON -- The attorneys general of 42 states asked President Clinton Friday to convene a federal-state summit to address concerns that enactment of the GATT Uruguay Round could compromise states' and cities' abilities to set their own business, taxation and environmental laws.
In a letter delivered to the White House, the state officials called upon Clinton to hold this parley before work is completed on a bill that would implement provisions of the Round, including creation of a new World Trade Organization that is empowered to enforce trade laws. The administration, which has been working on an implementing bill with Congress, plans to submit the bill ...