In November 1993, after active lobbying from conservation groups for the US to sanction Taiwan under the Pelly Amendment, President Clinton announced to Congress that sanctions would be introduced unless Taiwan was able to show substantive progress, that could be measured and verified, within the next five months.
在保育團體積極要求美國以培利制裁台灣後，美國總統柯林頓在前年十一月通知美國國會，除非台灣在五個月內提出可計量、可查證的實質進展，否則將對我制裁。