§2114d Foreign export requirements; consultations and negotiations for reduction and elimination; restrictions on and exclusion from entry of products or services; savings provision; compensation authority applicable

Summary

When the U.S. Trade Representative, with advice from the required advisory committee, finds that a foreign government or its agencies force exporters to meet conditions that hurt U.S. economic interests, the Representative must try to get those foreign rules reduced or removed by talking and negotiating. The Representative may also place duties or other import limits on that country’s goods or services, or block them from entering the United States, for as long as needed. Those limits do not apply to investments (including buying land or facilities) made by any U.S. person before October 30, 1984, or to written investment promises that were binding on that date. If international rules or the U.S. actions make paying compensation necessary or appropriate, the Representative may provide compensation under limits set by other law.