2015 US Code
Title 19 - Customs Duties (Sections 1 - 4210)
Chapter 12 - Trade Act of 1974 (Sections 2101 - 2497b)
Subchapter VI - General Provisions (Sections 2481 - 2487)
Sec. 2486 - Trade relations with North American countries
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 12 - TRADE ACT OF 1974 SUBCHAPTER VI - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 2486 - Trade relations with North American countries |
Contains | section 2486 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 93-618, title VI, §612, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2076; Pub. L. 96-39, title XI, §1104(a), (b)(1), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 310. |
Statutes at Large References | 88 Stat. 2076 93 Stat. 310 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 93-618, Public Law 96-39 |
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It is the sense of the Congress that the United States should enter into a trade agreement with Canada which will guarantee continued stability to the economies of the United States and Canada. In order to promote such economic stability, the President may initiate negotiations for a trade agreement with Canada to establish a free trade area covering the United States and Canada. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prior approval of any legislation which may be necessary to implement such a trade agreement.
(b) Regional studyThe President shall study the desirability of entering into trade agreements with countries in the northern portion of the western hemisphere to promote the economic growth of the United States and such countries and the mutual expansion of market opportunities and report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate his findings and conclusions within 2 years after July 26, 1979. The study shall include an examination of competitive opportunities and conditions of competition between such countries and the United States in the agricultural, energy, and other appropriate sectors.
(Pub. L. 93–618, title VI, §612, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2076; Pub. L. 96–39, title XI, §1104(a), (b)(1), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 310.)
AMENDMENTS1979—Pub. L. 96–39 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1979 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 96–39 effective July 26, 1979, see section 1114 of Pub. L. 96–39, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2581 of this title.
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