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Title 19 — Customs Duties

Part 1 · Chapter 12 — Trade Act of 1974

§ 2115. Bilateral trade agreements

Statutory text

If the President determines that bilateral trade agreements will more effectively promote the economic growth of, and full employment in, the United States, then, in such cases, a negotiating objective under sections 2111 and 2112 of this title shall be to enter into bilateral trade agreements. Each such trade agreement shall provide for mutually advantageous economic benefits.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Trade Act of 1974

    Pub. L. 93–618 title I § 105 · 88 Stat. 1978

    Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 2115

    (Pub. L. 93–618, title I, § 105, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1984.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 93–618, title I, § 105, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1984.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    19 USC 2115.SEC. 105. BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS. If the President determines that bilateral trade agreements will more effectively promote the economic growth of, and full employment in the United States, then, in such cases, a negotiating objective under sections 101 and 102 shall be to enter into bilateral trade agreements. Each such trade agreement shall provide for mutually advantageous economic benefits.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 93–618, title I, § 105, , 88 Stat. 1984.)

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