Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§6991 Accession of Taiwan to the WTO
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 77— - UNITED STATES-CHINA RELATIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - ACCESSION OF TAIWAN TO THE WTO › § 6991
Summary
When the WTO General Council approves terms for the People’s Republic of China to join the WTO, the U.S. should immediately ask that Taiwan’s request to join be taken up next in the same session and be prepared to oppose any member trying to block it.
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Title 22, §6991
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It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1)immediately upon approval by the General Council of the WTO of the terms and conditions of the accession of the People’s Republic of China to the WTO, the United States representative to the WTO should request that the General Council of the WTO consider Taiwan’s accession to the WTO as the next order of business of the Council during the same session; and
(2)the United States should be prepared to aggressively counter any effort by any WTO member, upon the approval of the General Council of the WTO of the terms and conditions of the accession of the People’s Republic of China to the WTO, to block the accession of Taiwan to the WTO.
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22 U.S.C. § 6991
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73