§2514 Expansion of the coverage of the Agreement

Summary

The President must try, in the renegotiations under article XXIV(7) of the Agreement, to open foreign markets and reduce or remove rules that unfairly affect government buying. The goal is to help U.S. farmers, manufacturers, miners, and businesses sell more abroad and to promote fair, open, and non‑discriminatory world trade. The President must use the assessment from the report required under section 2516(a) when doing this. The President must also try, as much as possible, to get developed countries to give U.S. products the same chances to compete as the United States gives them, looking at relevant product groups and trade barriers. He must push for a system that independently checks the procurement information countries give to the Committee under article XIX(5). If renegotiations are not going well and are unlikely to expand coverage to the main government buyers within 12 months, the President must tell the congressional committees named in section 2512(c)(1) and report what steps to take to seek reciprocity. He may recommend laws to bar U.S. government entities not covered by the Agreement from buying those countries’ products, after considering the factors in section 2512(c). Each annual report under section 163(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 made after July 26, 1979 must describe actions taken to seek reciprocity. Before using the waiver in section 2511 for procurement not covered when the Agreement takes effect, the President must follow the private‑sector and congressional consultation rules in section 135 and chapter 6 of title I of the Trade Act of 1974.