United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 19. CUSTOMS DUTIES |
Chapter 7. TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM |
SubChapter I. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
§ 1801. Statement of purposes
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The purposes of this chapter are, through trade agreements affording mutual trade benefits— (1) to stimulate the economic growth of the United States and maintain and enlarge foreign markets for the products of United States agriculture, industry, mining, and commerce; (2) to strengthen economic relations with foreign countries through the development of open and nondiscriminatory trading in the free world; and (3) to prevent Communist economic penetration.
References In Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 87–794, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of Pub. L. 87–794 to the Code, see Short Title note below and Tables.
Short Title
Pub. L. 87–794, title I, § 101,
Miscellaneous
The legal authority for the establishment and operation of the Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations in the Executive Office of the President was changed by section 141 of the Trade Act of 1974, which is set out as section 2171 of this title. For abolition of the Office as established under Ex. Ord. No. 11075 [see below], and for establishment of the Office pursuant instead to the Trade Act of 1974, with provision for the transfer of assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, unexpended balances and funds, and personnel to the Office as established pursuant to statute rather than Ex. Ord. 11075, see section 2171 of this title.
For provisions relating to establishment of President’s Export Council and the Council’s functions concerning export expansion, see Ex. Ord. No. 12131,
Executive Order
Ex. Ord. No. 11075,