2013 US Code
Title 19 - Customs Duties
Chapter 13 - TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979 (§§ 2501 - 2582)
Section 2502 - Congressional statement of purposes
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES CHAPTER 13 - TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979 Sec. 2502 - Congressional statement of purposes |
| Contains | section 2502 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-39, §1(c), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 146. |
| Statutes at Large References | 88 Stat. 1978 93 Stat. 146, 144 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 93-618, Public Law 96-39 |
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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.
(Pub. L. 96–39, §1(c), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 146.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis Act, referred to in provision preceding par. (1), is Pub. L. 96–39, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 144, known as the Trade Agreements Act of 1979. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see References in Text note set out under section 2501 of this title and Tables.
The Trade Act of 1974, referred to in par. (1), is Pub. L. 93–618, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1978, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 12 (§2101 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see References in Text note set out under section 2101 of this title and Tables.
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