§2804 Actions to reduce or eliminate tariff and nontariff barriers affecting United States wine

Summary

The President must tell the U.S. Trade Representative to meet with each major wine‑trading country to try to cut or remove tariffs and other trade barriers that affect U.S. wine exports. Within 30 days after the 12‑month period that began on October 30, 1984, the President must send each relevant Congressional committee a separate written report for each major wine‑trading country. Each report must update the earlier report under section 854(a) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 and must describe the tariff and non‑tariff acts or policies that block U.S. wine, say if those acts fall under any international agreements the United States is party to, list actions taken or proposed (including actions under the Trade Act of 1974 and any talks with foreign governments), explain why no action was taken if that is the case, and recommend any new laws or other steps Congress should take. The U.S. Trade Representative must prepare these reports through the interagency trade organization created under section 1872(a). After getting these reports and other advice, the President must decide whether a foreign act or policy is a trade barrier and either conflicts with a trade agreement or is unjust, unreasonable, or discriminatory and burdens U.S. commerce.