§4502 Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in the Act. Appropriate congressional committees — the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means. HTS — the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Identical goods — goods that are the same in every way that matters for the rule of origin that makes them originating goods. International Trade Commission — the United States International Trade Commission. Mexico — the United Mexican States. NAFTA — the North American Free Trade Agreement, as approved by Congress under section 101(a)(1) of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3311(a)(1)). Preferential tariff treatment — the customs duty rate that applies to an originating good (see section 4531(a)). Trade Representative — the United States Trade Representative. USMCA — the agreement among the United States, the United Mexican States, and Canada attached as an Annex to the Protocol replacing NAFTA done at Buenos Aires on November 30, 2018, as amended by the Protocol of Amendment done at Mexico City on December 10, 2019, and approved by Congress under section 4511(a)(1). USMCA country — Canada or Mexico for as long as the USMCA is in force and the United States applies it to that country.