United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 19. CUSTOMS DUTIES |
Chapter 13. TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979 |
§ 2502. Congressional statement of purposes
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The purposes of this Act are— (1) to approve and implement the trade agreements negotiated under the Trade Act of 1974 [19 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.]; (2) to foster the growth and maintenance of an open world trading system; (3) to expand opportunities for the commerce of the United States in international trade; and (4) to improve the rules of international trade and to provide for the enforcement of such rules, and for other purposes.
References In Text
This Act, referred to in provision preceding par. (1), is Pub. L. 96–39,
The Trade Act of 1974, referred to in par. (1), is Pub. L. 93–618,