19 U.S.C. § 4502 — Definitions
submitted 6 years ago by Pub. L. 116-113 to r/title-19-CUSTOMS-DUTIES · 343 words · no verdicts yet
This Act defines key USMCA terms, including the agreement, participating countries, tariff treatment, and identical goods.
In this Act: (1) “Appropriate congressional committees” means the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee. (2) “HTS” means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. (3) “Identical goods” means goods identical in every respect relevant to the origin rule that makes them originating goods. (4) “International Trade Commission” means the United States International Trade Commission. (5) “Mexico” means the United Mexican States. (6) “NAFTA” means the North American Free Trade Agreement approved under section 101(a)(1) of its Implementation Act. (7) “Preferential tariff treatment” means the customs-duty rate for an originating good under the USMCA. (8) “Trade Representative” means the United States Trade Representative. (9) “USMCA” means the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement attached to the Buenos Aires Protocol replacing NAFTA, as amended by the Mexico City Protocol of Amendment, and approved under section 4511(a)(1). (10) Unless otherwise provided, “USMCA country” means Canada while the USMCA is in force for and applied by the United States to Canada, and Mexico while it is in force for and applied by the United States to Mexico.
In this Act:
The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.
The term “HTS” means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
The term “identical goods” means goods that are the same in all respects relevant to the rule of origin that qualifies the goods as originating goods.
The term “International Trade Commission” means the United States International Trade Commission.
The term “Mexico” means the United Mexican States.
The term “NAFTA” means the North American Free Trade Agreement approved by Congress under section 101(a)(1) of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3311(a)(1)).1
The term “preferential tariff treatment” means the customs duty rate that is applicable to an originating good (as defined in section 4531(a) of this title) under the USMCA.
The term “Trade Representative” means the United States Trade Representative.
The term “USMCA” means the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada, which is—
attached as an Annex to the Protocol Replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement with the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada, done at Buenos Aires on November 30, 2018, as amended by the Protocol of Amendment to the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada, done at Mexico City on December 10, 2019; and
approved by Congress under section 4511(a)(1) of this title.
Except as otherwise provided, the term “USMCA country” means—
Canada for such time as the USMCA is in force with respect to, and the United States applies the USMCA to, Canada; and
Mexico for such time as the USMCA is in force with respect to, and the United States applies the USMCA to, Mexico.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 116–113, § 3, Jan. 29, 2020, 134 Stat. 13.)
- 2020Enacted · Pub. L. 116-113 · 134 Stat. 13
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