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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Part B · Chapter 77 — United States-China Relations

§ 6941. Findings

Statutory text

The Congress finds as follows:

(1)

The opening of world markets through the elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers has contributed to a 56-percent increase in exports of United States goods and services since 1992.

(2)

Such export expansion, along with an increase in trade generally, has helped fuel the longest economic expansion in United States history.

(3)

The United States Government must continue to be vigilant in monitoring and enforcing the compliance by our trading partners with trade agreements in order for United States businesses, workers, and farmers to continue to benefit from the opportunities created by market-opening trade agreements.

(4)

The People’s Republic of China, as part of its accession to the World Trade Organization, has committed to eliminating significant trade barriers in the agricultural, services, and manufacturing sectors that, if realized, would provide considerable opportunities for United States farmers, businesses, and workers.

(5)

For these opportunities to be fully realized, the United States Government must effectively monitor and enforce its rights under the agreements on the accession of the People’s Republic of China to the WTO.

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 IV § 411 · 114 Stat. 880

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 6941

    (Pub. L. 106–286, div. B, title IV, § 411, Oct. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 901.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 106–286, div. B, title IV, § 411, Oct. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 901.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 411. FINDINGS. The Congress finds as follows: (1) The opening of world markets through the elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers has contributed to a 56-percent increase in exports of United States goods and services since 1992. (2) Such export expansion, along with an increase in trade generally, has helped fuel the longest economic expansion in United States history. (3) The United States Government must continue to be vigilant in monitoring and enforcing the compliance by our trading partners with trade agreements in order for United States businesses, workers, and farmers to continue to benefit from the opportunities created by market-opening trade agreements. (4) The People’s Republic of China, as part of its accession to the World Trade Organization, has committed to eliminating significant trade barriers in the agricultural, services, and manufacturing sectors that, if realized, would provide considerable opportunities for United States farmers, businesses, and workers. (5) For these opportunities to be fully realized, the United States Government must effectively monitor and enforce its rights under the agreements on the accession of the People’s Republic of China to the WTO.

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(Pub. L. 106–286, div. B, title IV, § 411, , 114 Stat. 901.)

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