Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2851-2853)
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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 24, 1993
Civil Aircraft Trade Enforcement Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to collect information on: (1) subsidies provided by France, Germany, and the United Kingdom to Airbus Industrie member companies with respect to the manufacture and exportation of large civil aircraft to the United States; and (2) whether the U.S. large civil aircraft manufacturing industry is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of such imports. Requires the administering authority to initiate a countervailing duty investigation under the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to such imports.
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