41 | | - | (1) As enshrined in its Articles of Agreement, the 8 |
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42 | | - | International Monetary Fund (IMF) is devoted to 9 |
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43 | | - | promoting international monetary cooperation, facili-10 |
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44 | | - | tating the expansion and balanced growth of inter-11 |
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45 | | - | national trade, encouraging exchange stability, and 12 |
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46 | | - | avoiding competitive exchange depreciation. 13 |
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47 | | - | (2) Taiwan is the 21st largest economy in the 14 |
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48 | | - | world and the 10th largest goods trading partner of 15 |
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49 | | - | the United States. 16 |
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50 | | - | (3) Although Taiwan is not an IMF member, it 17 |
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51 | | - | is a member of the World Trade Organization, the 18 |
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52 | | - | Asian Development Bank, and the Asia-Pacific Eco-19 |
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53 | | - | nomic Cooperation forum. 20 |
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54 | | - | (4) According to the January 2020 Report on 21 |
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55 | | - | Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of 22 |
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56 | | - | Major Trading Partners of the United States, pub-23 |
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57 | | - | lished by the Department of the Treasury, Taiwan 24 |
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58 | | - | held $471,900,000,000 in foreign exchange reserves, 25 |
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| 30 | + | international trade, encouraging exchange stability, 2 |
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| 31 | + | and avoiding competitive exchange depreciation. 3 |
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| 32 | + | (2) Taiwan is the 21st largest economy in the 4 |
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| 33 | + | world and the 10th largest goods trading partner of 5 |
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| 34 | + | the United States. 6 |
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| 35 | + | (3) Although Taiwan is not an IMF member, it 7 |
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| 36 | + | is a member of the World Trade Organization, the 8 |
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| 37 | + | Asian Development Bank, and the Asia-Pacific Eco-9 |
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| 38 | + | nomic Cooperation forum. 10 |
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| 39 | + | (4) According to the January 2020 Report on 11 |
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| 40 | + | Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of 12 |
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| 41 | + | Major Trading Partners of the United States, pub-13 |
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| 42 | + | lished by the Department of the Treasury, Taiwan 14 |
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| 43 | + | held $471,900,000,000 in foreign exchange reserves, 15 |
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| 44 | + | more than major economies such as India, South 16 |
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| 45 | + | Korea, and Brazil. 17 |
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| 46 | + | (5) According to section 4(d) of the Taiwan Re-18 |
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| 47 | + | lations Act (Public Law 96–8), enacted on April 10, 19 |
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| 48 | + | 1979, ‘‘Nothing in this Act may be construed as a 20 |
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| 49 | + | basis for supporting the exclusion or expulsion of 21 |
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| 50 | + | Taiwan from continued membership in any inter-22 |
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| 51 | + | national financial institution or any other inter-23 |
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| 52 | + | national organization.’’. 24 |
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| 56 | + | (6) Taiwan held membership in the IMF for 9 1 |
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| 57 | + | years following the recognition of the People’s Re-2 |
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| 58 | + | public of China (PRC) by the United Nations, and 3 |
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| 59 | + | 16 Taiwan staff members at the Fund were allowed 4 |
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| 60 | + | to continue their employment after the PRC was 5 |
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| 61 | + | seated at the IMF in 1980. As James M. Boughton 6 |
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| 62 | + | has noted in his Silent Revolution: The International 7 |
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| 63 | + | Monetary Fund 1979–1989, even as the PRC was 8 |
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| 64 | + | seated, the United States Executive Director to the 9 |
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| 65 | + | IMF, Sam Y. Cross, expressed support on behalf of 10 |
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| 66 | + | the United States Government for ‘‘some kind of as-11 |
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| 67 | + | sociation between Taiwan and the Fund’’. 12 |
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| 68 | + | (7) On September 27, 1994, in testimony be-13 |
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| 69 | + | fore the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations re-14 |
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| 70 | + | garding the 1994 Taiwan Policy Review, then-As-15 |
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| 71 | + | sistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific 16 |
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| 72 | + | Affairs Winston Lord stated: ‘‘Recognizing Taiwan’s 17 |
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| 73 | + | important role in transnational issues, we will sup-18 |
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| 74 | + | port its membership in organizations where state-19 |
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| 75 | + | hood is not a prerequisite, and we will support op-20 |
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| 76 | + | portunities for Taiwan’s voice to be heard in organi-21 |
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| 77 | + | zations where its membership is not possible.’’. 22 |
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| 78 | + | (8) The Congress has repeatedly reaffirmed 23 |
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| 79 | + | support for this policy, including in Public Laws 24 |
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| 80 | + | 107–10, 107–158, 108–28, 108–235, 113–17, and 25 |
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62 | | - | more than major economies such as India, South 1 |
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63 | | - | Korea, and Brazil. 2 |
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64 | | - | (5) According to section 4(d) of the Taiwan Re-3 |
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65 | | - | lations Act (Public Law 96–8), enacted on April 10, 4 |
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66 | | - | 1979, ‘‘Nothing in this Act may be construed as a 5 |
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67 | | - | basis for supporting the exclusion or expulsion of Tai-6 |
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68 | | - | wan from continued membership in any international 7 |
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69 | | - | financial institution or any other international orga-8 |
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70 | | - | nization.’’. 9 |
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71 | | - | (6) Taiwan held membership in the IMF for 9 10 |
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72 | | - | years following the recognition of the People’s Repub-11 |
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73 | | - | lic of China (PRC) by the United Nations, and 16 12 |
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74 | | - | Taiwan staff members at the Fund were allowed to 13 |
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75 | | - | continue their employment after the PRC was seated 14 |
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76 | | - | at the IMF in 1980. As James M. Boughton has noted 15 |
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77 | | - | in his Silent Revolution: The International Monetary 16 |
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78 | | - | Fund 1979–1989, even as the PRC was seated, the 17 |
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79 | | - | United States Executive Director to the IMF, Sam Y. 18 |
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80 | | - | Cross, expressed support on behalf of the United 19 |
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81 | | - | States Government for ‘‘some kind of association be-20 |
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82 | | - | tween Taiwan and the Fund’’. 21 |
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83 | | - | (7) On September 27, 1994, in testimony before 22 |
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84 | | - | the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations regarding 23 |
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85 | | - | the 1994 Taiwan Policy Review, then-Assistant Sec-24 |
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| 84 | + | 114–139, and the unanimous House and Senate 1 |
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| 85 | + | passage of the Taiwan Allies International Protec-2 |
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| 86 | + | tion and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 3 |
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| 87 | + | 2019. 4 |
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| 88 | + | (9) In its fact sheet, entitled ‘‘U.S. Relations 5 |
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| 89 | + | with Taiwan’’, published on August 31, 2018, the 6 |
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| 90 | + | Department of State asserts: ‘‘The United States 7 |
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| 91 | + | supports Taiwan’s membership in international orga-8 |
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| 92 | + | nizations that do not require statehood as a condi-9 |
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| 93 | + | tion of membership and encourages Taiwan’s mean-10 |
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| 94 | + | ingful participation in international organizations 11 |
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| 95 | + | where its membership is not possible.’’. 12 |
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| 96 | + | (10) According to the Articles of Agreement of 13 |
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| 97 | + | the IMF, ‘‘membership shall be open to other coun-14 |
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| 98 | + | tries’’, subject to conditions prescribed by the Board 15 |
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| 99 | + | of Governors of the IMF. 16 |
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| 100 | + | (11) In the IMF publication ‘‘Membership and 17 |
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| 101 | + | Nonmembership in the International Monetary 18 |
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| 102 | + | Fund: A Study in International Law and Organiza-19 |
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| 103 | + | tion’’, Joseph Gold, the then-General Counsel and 20 |
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| 104 | + | Director of the Legal Department of the IMF, elabo-21 |
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| 105 | + | rated on the differences between the terms ‘‘coun-22 |
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| 106 | + | tries’’ and ‘‘states’’, noting that ‘‘the word ‘country’ 23 |
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| 107 | + | may have been adopted because of the absence of 24 |
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| 108 | + | agreement on the definition of a ‘state’’’ and, with 25 |
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90 | | - | Winston Lord stated: ‘‘Recognizing Taiwan’s impor-1 |
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91 | | - | tant role in transnational issues, we will support its 2 |
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92 | | - | membership in organizations where statehood is not a 3 |
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93 | | - | prerequisite, and we will support opportunities for 4 |
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94 | | - | Taiwan’s voice to be heard in organizations where its 5 |
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95 | | - | membership is not possible.’’. 6 |
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96 | | - | (8) The Congress has repeatedly reaffirmed sup-7 |
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97 | | - | port for this policy, including in Public Laws 107– 8 |
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98 | | - | 10, 107–158, 108–28, 108–235, 113–17, and 114–139, 9 |
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99 | | - | and the unanimous House and Senate passage of the 10 |
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100 | | - | Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhance-11 |
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101 | | - | ment Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019. 12 |
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102 | | - | (9) In its fact sheet, entitled ‘‘U.S. Relations 13 |
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103 | | - | with Taiwan’’, published on August 31, 2018, the De-14 |
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104 | | - | partment of State asserts: ‘‘The United States sup-15 |
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105 | | - | ports Taiwan’s membership in international organi-16 |
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106 | | - | zations that do not require statehood as a condition 17 |
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107 | | - | of membership and encourages Taiwan’s meaningful 18 |
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108 | | - | participation in international organizations where its 19 |
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109 | | - | membership is not possible.’’. 20 |
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110 | | - | (10) According to the Articles of Agreement of 21 |
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111 | | - | the IMF, ‘‘membership shall be open to other coun-22 |
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112 | | - | tries’’, subject to conditions prescribed by the Board 23 |
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113 | | - | of Governors of the IMF. 24 |
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| 112 | + | respect to the use of ‘‘countries’’ and applications 1 |
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| 113 | + | for IMF membership, ‘‘the absence of any adjective 2 |
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| 114 | + | in the Articles emphasizes the breadth of the discre-3 |
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| 115 | + | tion that the Fund may exercise in admitting coun-4 |
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| 116 | + | tries to membership’’. According to Mr. Gold, ‘‘the 5 |
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| 117 | + | desire to give the Fund flexibility in dealing with ap-6 |
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| 118 | + | plications may explain not only the absence of any 7 |
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| 119 | + | adjective that qualifies ‘countries’ but also the choice 8 |
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| 120 | + | of that word itself’’. 9 |
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| 121 | + | (12) In his IMF study, Mr. Gold further ob-10 |
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| 122 | + | serves, ‘‘in the practice of the Fund the concepts of 11 |
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| 123 | + | independence and sovereignty have been avoided on 12 |
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| 124 | + | the whole as a mode of expressing a criterion for 13 |
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| 125 | + | membership in the Fund’’. He continues, ‘‘Although 14 |
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| 126 | + | the Fund usually takes into account the recognition 15 |
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| 127 | + | or nonrecognition of an entity as a state, there are 16 |
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| 128 | + | no rules or even informal understandings on the ex-17 |
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| 129 | + | tent to which an applicant must have been recog-18 |
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| 130 | + | nized by members or other international organiza-19 |
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| 131 | + | tions before the Fund will regard it as eligible for 20 |
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| 132 | + | membership.’’. In fact, when considering an applica-21 |
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| 133 | + | tion for membership where the status of an appli-22 |
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| 134 | + | cant may not be resolved, Mr. Gold writes ‘‘there 23 |
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| 135 | + | have been occasions on which the Fund has made a 24 |
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| 136 | + | finding before decisions had been taken by the 25 |
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117 | | - | (11) In the IMF publication ‘‘Membership and 1 |
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118 | | - | Nonmembership in the International Monetary Fund: 2 |
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119 | | - | A Study in International Law and Organization’’, 3 |
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120 | | - | Joseph Gold, the then-General Counsel and Director 4 |
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121 | | - | of the Legal Department of the IMF, elaborated on the 5 |
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122 | | - | differences between the terms ‘‘countries’’ and 6 |
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123 | | - | ‘‘states’’, noting that ‘‘the word ‘country’ may have 7 |
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124 | | - | been adopted because of the absence of agreement on 8 |
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125 | | - | the definition of a ‘state’’’ and, with respect to the use 9 |
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126 | | - | of ‘‘countries’’ and applications for IMF membership, 10 |
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127 | | - | ‘‘the absence of any adjective in the Articles empha-11 |
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128 | | - | sizes the breadth of the discretion that the Fund may 12 |
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129 | | - | exercise in admitting countries to membership’’. Ac-13 |
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130 | | - | cording to Mr. Gold, ‘‘the desire to give the Fund 14 |
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131 | | - | flexibility in dealing with applications may explain 15 |
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132 | | - | not only the absence of any adjective that qualifies 16 |
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133 | | - | ‘countries’ but also the choice of that word itself’’. 17 |
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134 | | - | (12) In his IMF study, Mr. Gold further ob-18 |
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135 | | - | serves, ‘‘in the practice of the Fund the concepts of 19 |
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136 | | - | independence and sovereignty have been avoided on 20 |
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137 | | - | the whole as a mode of expressing a criterion for 21 |
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138 | | - | membership in the Fund’’. He continues, ‘‘Although 22 |
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139 | | - | the Fund usually takes into account the recognition 23 |
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140 | | - | or nonrecognition of an entity as a state, there are no 24 |
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141 | | - | rules or even informal understandings on the extent 25 |
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| 140 | + | United Nations or by most members or by members 1 |
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| 141 | + | with a majority of the total voting power.’’ Mr. Gold 2 |
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| 142 | + | concludes, ‘‘the Fund makes its own findings on 3 |
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| 143 | + | whether an applicant is a ‘country’, and makes them 4 |
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| 144 | + | solely for its own purposes.’’. 5 |
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| 145 | + | (13) Although not a member state of the 6 |
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| 146 | + | United Nations, the Republic of Kosovo is a member 7 |
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| 147 | + | of both the IMF and the World Bank, having joined 8 |
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| 148 | + | both organizations on June 29, 2009. 9 |
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| 149 | + | (14) On October 26, 2021, Secretary of State 10 |
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| 150 | + | Antony Blinken issued a statement in support of 11 |
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| 151 | + | Taiwan’s ‘‘robust, meaningful participation’’ in the 12 |
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| 152 | + | United Nations system, which includes the IMF, the 13 |
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| 153 | + | World Bank, and other specialized United Nations 14 |
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| 154 | + | agencies. Secretary of State Blinken noted, ‘‘As the 15 |
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| 155 | + | international community faces an unprecedented 16 |
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| 156 | + | number of complex and global issues, it is critical for 17 |
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| 157 | + | all stakeholders to help address these problems. This 18 |
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| 158 | + | includes the 24 million people who live in Taiwan. 19 |
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| 159 | + | Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the UN system 20 |
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| 160 | + | is not a political issue, but a pragmatic one.’’. He 21 |
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| 161 | + | continued, ‘‘Taiwan’s exclusion undermines the im-22 |
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| 162 | + | portant work of the UN and its related bodies, all 23 |
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| 163 | + | of which stand to benefit greatly from its contribu-24 |
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| 164 | + | tions.’’. 25 |
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145 | | - | to which an applicant must have been recognized by 1 |
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146 | | - | members or other international organizations before 2 |
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147 | | - | the Fund will regard it as eligible for membership.’’. 3 |
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148 | | - | In fact, when considering an application for member-4 |
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149 | | - | ship where the status of an applicant may not be re-5 |
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150 | | - | solved, Mr. Gold writes ‘‘there have been occasions on 6 |
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151 | | - | which the Fund has made a finding before decisions 7 |
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152 | | - | had been taken by the United Nations or by most 8 |
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153 | | - | members or by members with a majority of the total 9 |
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154 | | - | voting power.’’ Mr. Gold concludes, ‘‘the Fund makes 10 |
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155 | | - | its own findings on whether an applicant is a ‘coun-11 |
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156 | | - | try’, and makes them solely for its own purposes.’’. 12 |
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157 | | - | (13) Although not a member state of the United 13 |
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158 | | - | Nations, the Republic of Kosovo is a member of both 14 |
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159 | | - | the IMF and the World Bank, having joined both or-15 |
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160 | | - | ganizations on June 29, 2009. 16 |
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161 | | - | (14) On October 26, 2021, Secretary of State 17 |
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162 | | - | Antony Blinken issued a statement in support of Tai-18 |
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163 | | - | wan’s ‘‘robust, meaningful participation’’ in the 19 |
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164 | | - | United Nations system, which includes the IMF, the 20 |
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165 | | - | World Bank, and other specialized United Nations 21 |
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166 | | - | agencies. Secretary of State Blinken noted, ‘‘As the 22 |
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167 | | - | international community faces an unprecedented 23 |
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168 | | - | number of complex and global issues, it is critical for 24 |
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| 167 | + | •HR 910 IH |
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| 168 | + | (15) In October 2024, Taiwan announced it 1 |
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| 169 | + | would seek IMF membership, with the Taipei Eco-2 |
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| 170 | + | nomic and Cultural Representative Office in the 3 |
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| 171 | + | United States stating, ‘‘Taiwan’s membership at the 4 |
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| 172 | + | IMF would help boost financial resilience.’’. 5 |
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| 173 | + | SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. 6 |
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| 174 | + | It is the sense of the Congress that— 7 |
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| 175 | + | (1) the size, significance, and connectedness of 8 |
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| 176 | + | the Taiwanese economy highlight the importance of 9 |
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| 177 | + | greater participation by Taiwan in the International 10 |
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| 178 | + | Monetary Fund, given the purposes of the Fund ar-11 |
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| 179 | + | ticulated in its Articles of Agreement; and 12 |
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| 180 | + | (2) the experience of Taiwan in developing a vi-13 |
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| 181 | + | brant and advanced economy under democratic gov-14 |
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| 182 | + | ernance and the rule of law should inform the work 15 |
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| 183 | + | of the international financial institutions, including 16 |
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| 184 | + | through increased participation by Taiwan in the in-17 |
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| 185 | + | stitutions. 18 |
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| 186 | + | SEC. 4. SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN ADMISSION TO THE IMF. 19 |
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| 187 | + | (a) I |
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| 188 | + | NGENERAL.—The United States Governor of 20 |
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| 189 | + | the International Monetary Fund (in this section referred 21 |
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| 190 | + | to as the ‘‘Fund’’) shall use the voice and vote of the 22 |
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| 191 | + | United States to vigorously support— 23 |
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173 | | - | includes the 24 million people who live in Taiwan. 1 |
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174 | | - | Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the UN system 2 |
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175 | | - | is not a political issue, but a pragmatic one.’’. He 3 |
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176 | | - | continued, ‘‘Taiwan’s exclusion undermines the im-4 |
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177 | | - | portant work of the UN and its related bodies, all of 5 |
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178 | | - | which stand to benefit greatly from its contribu-6 |
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179 | | - | tions.’’. 7 |
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180 | | - | (15) In October 2024, Taiwan announced it 8 |
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181 | | - | would seek IMF membership, with the Taipei Eco-9 |
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182 | | - | nomic and Cultural Representative Office in the 10 |
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183 | | - | United States stating, ‘‘Taiwan’s membership at the 11 |
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184 | | - | IMF would help boost financial resilience.’’. 12 |
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185 | | - | SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. 13 |
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186 | | - | It is the sense of the Congress that— 14 |
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187 | | - | (1) the size, significance, and connectedness of 15 |
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188 | | - | the Taiwanese economy highlight the importance of 16 |
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189 | | - | greater participation by Taiwan in the International 17 |
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190 | | - | Monetary Fund, given the purposes of the Fund ar-18 |
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191 | | - | ticulated in its Articles of Agreement; and 19 |
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192 | | - | (2) the experience of Taiwan in developing a vi-20 |
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193 | | - | brant and advanced economy under democratic gov-21 |
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194 | | - | ernance and the rule of law should inform the work 22 |
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195 | | - | of the international financial institutions, including 23 |
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196 | | - | through increased participation by Taiwan in the in-24 |
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197 | | - | stitutions. 25 |
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| 194 | + | •HR 910 IH |
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| 195 | + | (1) the admission of Taiwan as a member of 1 |
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| 196 | + | the Fund, to the extent that admission is sought by 2 |
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| 197 | + | Taiwan; 3 |
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| 198 | + | (2) participation by Taiwan in regular surveil-4 |
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| 199 | + | lance activities of the Fund with respect to the eco-5 |
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| 200 | + | nomic and financial policies of Taiwan, consistent 6 |
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| 201 | + | with Article IV consultation procedures of the Fund; 7 |
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| 202 | + | (3) employment opportunities for Taiwan na-8 |
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| 203 | + | tionals, without regard to any consideration that, in 9 |
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| 204 | + | the determination of the United States Governor, 10 |
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| 205 | + | does not generally restrict the employment of nation-11 |
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| 206 | + | als of member countries of the Fund; and 12 |
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| 207 | + | (4) the ability of Taiwan to receive appropriate 13 |
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| 208 | + | technical assistance and training by the Fund. 14 |
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| 209 | + | (b) U |
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| 210 | + | NITEDSTATESPOLICY.—It is the policy of the 15 |
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| 211 | + | United States not to discourage or otherwise deter Taiwan 16 |
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| 212 | + | from seeking admission as a member of the Fund. 17 |
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| 213 | + | (c) W |
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| 214 | + | AIVER.—The Secretary of the Treasury may 18 |
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| 215 | + | waive any requirement of subsection (a) for up to 1 year 19 |
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| 216 | + | at a time on reporting to Congress that providing the 20 |
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| 217 | + | waiver will substantially promote the objective of securing 21 |
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| 218 | + | the meaningful participation of Taiwan at each inter-22 |
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| 219 | + | national financial institution (as defined in section 23 |
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| 220 | + | 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions 24 |
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201 | | - | SEC. 4. SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN ADMISSION TO THE IMF. 1 |
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202 | | - | (a) I |
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203 | | - | NGENERAL.—The United States Governor of the 2 |
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204 | | - | International Monetary Fund (in this section referred to 3 |
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205 | | - | as the ‘‘Fund’’) shall use the voice and vote of the United 4 |
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206 | | - | States to vigorously support— 5 |
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207 | | - | (1) the admission of Taiwan as a member of the 6 |
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208 | | - | Fund, to the extent that admission is sought by Tai-7 |
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209 | | - | wan; 8 |
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210 | | - | (2) participation by Taiwan in regular surveil-9 |
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211 | | - | lance activities of the Fund with respect to the eco-10 |
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212 | | - | nomic and financial policies of Taiwan, consistent 11 |
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213 | | - | with Article IV consultation procedures of the Fund; 12 |
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214 | | - | (3) employment opportunities for Taiwan na-13 |
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215 | | - | tionals, without regard to any consideration that, in 14 |
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216 | | - | the determination of the United States Governor, does 15 |
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217 | | - | not generally restrict the employment of nationals of 16 |
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218 | | - | member countries of the Fund; and 17 |
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219 | | - | (4) the ability of Taiwan to receive appropriate 18 |
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220 | | - | technical assistance and training by the Fund. 19 |
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221 | | - | (b) U |
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222 | | - | NITEDSTATESPOLICY.—It is the policy of the 20 |
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223 | | - | United States not to discourage or otherwise deter Taiwan 21 |
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224 | | - | from seeking admission as a member of the Fund. 22 |
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225 | | - | (c) W |
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226 | | - | AIVER.—The Secretary of the Treasury may 23 |
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227 | | - | waive any requirement of subsection (a) for up to 1 year 24 |
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228 | | - | at a time on reporting to Congress that providing the waiv-25 |
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229 | | - | er will substantially promote the objective of securing the 26 |
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232 | | - | •HR 910 RH |
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233 | | - | meaningful participation of Taiwan at each international 1 |
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234 | | - | financial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the 2 |
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235 | | - | International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 3 |
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236 | | - | 262r(c)(2))). 4 |
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237 | | - | (d) S |
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238 | | - | UNSET.—This section shall have no force or effect 5 |
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239 | | - | on the earlier of— 6 |
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240 | | - | (1) the date of approval by the Board of Gov-7 |
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241 | | - | ernors of the Fund for the admission of Taiwan as a 8 |
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242 | | - | member of the Fund; or 9 |
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243 | | - | (2) the date that is 10 years after the date of the 10 |
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244 | | - | enactment of this Act. 11 |
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245 | | - | SEC. 5. TESTIMONY REQUIREMENT. 12 |
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246 | | - | In each of the next 7 years in which the Secretary of 13 |
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247 | | - | the Treasury is required by section 1705(b) of the Inter-14 |
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248 | | - | national Financial Institutions Act to present testimony, 15 |
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249 | | - | the Secretary shall include in the testimony a description 16 |
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250 | | - | of the efforts of the United States to support the greatest 17 |
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251 | | - | participation practicable by Taiwan at each international 18 |
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252 | | - | financial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of 19 |
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253 | | - | such Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(2))). 20 |
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266 | | - | H. R. 910 |
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267 | | - | [Report No. 119–20] |
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268 | | - | A BILL |
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269 | | - | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to pursue |
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270 | | - | more equitable treatment of Taiwan at the inter- |
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271 | | - | national financial institutions, and for other pur- |
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272 | | - | poses. |
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276 | | - | Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com- |
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277 | | - | mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, |
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| 225 | + | (d) SUNSET.—This section shall have no force or ef-1 |
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| 226 | + | fect on the earlier of— 2 |
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| 227 | + | (1) the date of approval by the Board of Gov-3 |
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| 228 | + | ernors of the Fund for the admission of Taiwan as 4 |
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| 229 | + | a member of the Fund; or 5 |
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| 230 | + | (2) the date that is 10 years after the date of 6 |
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| 231 | + | the enactment of this Act. 7 |
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| 232 | + | SEC. 5. TESTIMONY REQUIREMENT. 8 |
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| 233 | + | In each of the next 7 years in which the Secretary 9 |
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| 234 | + | of the Treasury is required by section 1705(b) of the 10 |
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| 235 | + | International Financial Institutions Act to present testi-11 |
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| 236 | + | mony, the Secretary shall include in the testimony a de-12 |
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| 237 | + | scription of the efforts of the United States to support 13 |
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| 238 | + | the greatest participation practicable by Taiwan at each 14 |
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| 239 | + | international financial institution (as defined in section 15 |
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| 240 | + | 1701(c)(2) of such Act). 16 |
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