19 U.S.C. § 2136 — Reciprocal nondiscriminatory treatment
submitted 51 years ago by Pub. L. 93-618 to r/title-19-CUSTOMS-DUTIES · 204 words · no verdicts yet
Unless another law says otherwise, trade-agreement duties, import restrictions, and duty-free treatment apply to products from all foreign countries whether imported directly or indirectly. The President must decide whether major industrial countries made substantially equivalent concessions to the United States.
(a) Direct and indirect imports. Unless this chapter or another law provides otherwise, any duty*, import restriction, or duty-free treatment proclaimed to carry out a trade agreement under this subchapter applies to products of every foreign country, whether the products are imported directly or indirectly.
(b) Presidential decision about substantially equivalent concessions by major industrial countries. After all negotiations under this chapter end, or at the end of the five-year period beginning January 3, 1975, whichever comes first, the President must decide whether any major industrial country failed to make trade-agreement concessions that give United States commerce in that country competitive opportunities substantially equal to the opportunities that United States concessions give that country’s commerce in the United States.
(c) Major industrial countries. In this section, “major industrial country” means Canada, the European Economic Community, the individual member countries of that Community, Japan, and any other foreign country the President designates for this subsection. This section does not define “competitive opportunities” or “concessions.”
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or in any other provision of law, any duty* or other import restriction* or duty-free treatment proclaimed in carrying out any trade agreement under this subchapter shall apply to products of all foreign countries, whether imported directly or indirectly.
The President shall determine, after the conclusion of all negotiations entered into under this chapter or at the end of the 5-year period beginning on January 3, 1975, whichever is earlier, whether any major industrial country has failed to make concessions under trade agreements entered into under this chapter which provide competitive opportunities for the commerce of the United States in such country substantially equivalent to the competitive opportunities, provided by concessions made by the United States under trade agreements entered into under this chapter, for the commerce of such country in the United States.
For purposes of this section, “major industrial country” means Canada, the European Economic Community, the individual member countries of such Community, Japan, and any other foreign country designated by the President for purposes of this subsection.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 93–618, title I, § 126, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1992; Pub. L. 105–362, title XIV, § 1401(b)(1), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3294.)
- 1975Enacted · Pub. L. 93-618 · 88 Stat. 1992
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-362 · 112 Stat. 3294
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 93-618 on 1975-01-03.
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