§ 5712. Participation in multilateral organizations, rights under international agreements, and trade status

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. 1992

   United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992

   Pub. L. 102–383 title I § 102 · 106 Stat. 1448

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 5712

   Pub. L. 102–383, title I, § 102, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1450

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 102–383, title I, § 102, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1450

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 102. PARTICIPATION IN MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS, RIGHTS UNDER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS, AND TRADE STATUS. It is the sense of the Congress that the following, which are based in part on the relevant provisions of the Joint Declaration, should be the policy of the United States with respect to Hong Kong after June 30, 1997: (1) The United States should support Hong Kong’s participation in all appropriate multilateral conferences, agreements, and organizations in which Hong Kong is eligible to participate. (2) The United States should continue to fulfill its obligations to Hong Kong under international agreements, so long as Hong Kong reciprocates, regardless of whether the People’s Republic of China is a party to the particular international agreement, unless and until such obligations are modified or terminated in accordance with law. (3) The United States should respect Hong Kong’s status as a separate customs territory, and as a contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, whether or not the People’s Republic of China participates in the latter organization.

2. 1999

   Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1999

   Pub. L. 106–36 title I § 1002(e) · 113 Stat. 127

   1. Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 5712(3)

      Pub. L. 106–36 substituted “WTO member country (as defined in section 3501(10) of title 19)” for “contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade”

   2. Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 5712(3)

      Pub. L. 106–36 substituted “World Trade Organization (as defined in section 3501(8) of title 19)” for “latter organization”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (3). Pub. L. 106–36 substituted “WTO member country (as defined in section 3501(10) of title 19)” for “contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade” and “World Trade Organization (as defined in section 3501(8) of title 19)” for “latter organization”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (e) United States–Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992.— Section 102(3) of the United States–Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5712(3)) is amended— (1) by striking “contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade” and inserting “WTO member country (as defined in section 2(10) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act)”; and (2) by striking “latter organization” and inserting “World Trade Organization (as defined in section 2(8) of that Act)”.

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