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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 77 — United States-China Relations

§ 6903. Definitions

Statutory text

In this chapter:

(1)

Dispute Settlement Understanding

The term “Dispute Settlement Understanding” means the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes referred to in section 3511(d)(16) of title 19.

(2)

Government of the People’s Republic of China

The term “Government of the People’s Republic of China” means the central Government of the People’s Republic of China and any other governmental entity, including any provincial, prefectural, or local entity and any enterprise that is controlled by the central Government or any such governmental entity or as to which the central Government or any such governmental entity is entitled to receive a majority of the profits.

(3)

Internationally recognized worker rights

The term “internationally recognized worker rights” has the meaning given that term in section 2467(4) of title 19 and includes the right to the elimination of the “worst forms of child labor”, as defined in section 2467(6) of title 19.

(4)

Trade Representative

The term “Trade Representative” means the United States Trade Representative.

(5)

WTO; World Trade Organization

The terms “WTO” and “World Trade Organization” mean the organization established pursuant to the WTO Agreement.

(6)

WTO Agreement

The term “WTO Agreement” means the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization entered into on .

(7)

WTO member

The term “WTO member” has the meaning given that term in section 3501(10) of title 19.

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. Pub. L. 106–286 div. B title II § 204 · 114 Stat. 880

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 6903

    (Pub. L. 106–286, div. B, title II, § 204, Oct. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 894.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 106–286, div. B, title II, § 204, Oct. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 894.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 204. DEFINITIONS. In this division: (1) Dispute Settlement Understanding.— The term “Dispute Settlement Understanding” means the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes referred to in section 101(d)(16) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(16)). (2) Government of the people’s republic of china.— The term “Government of the People’s Republic of China” means the central Government of the People’s Republic of China and any other governmental entity, including any provincial, prefectural, or local entity and any enterprise that is controlled by the central Government or any such governmental entity or as to which the central Government or any such governmental entity is entitled to receive a majority of the profits. (3) Internationally recognized worker rights.— The term “internationally recognized worker rights” has the meaning given that term in section 507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(4)) and includes the right to the elimination of the “worst forms of child labor”, as defined in section 507(6) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(6)). (4) Trade representative.— The term “Trade Representative” means the United States Trade Representative. (5) WTO; world trade organization.— The terms “WTO” and “World Trade Organization” mean the organization established pursuant to the WTO Agreement. (6) WTO agreement.— The term “WTO Agreement” means the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization entered into on April 15,1994. (7) WTO member.— The term “WTO member” has the meaning given that term in section 2(10) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501(10)).

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(Pub. L. 106–286, div. B, title II, § 204, , 114 Stat. 894.)

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