Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§6941 Findings

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 77— - UNITED STATES-CHINA RELATIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA’S WTO COMMITMENTS › Part Part B— - Authorization To Promote Compliance With Trade Agreements › § 6941

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Congress says removing tariff and nontariff barriers caused a 56-percent rise in U.S. exports since 1992 and helped drive the longest U.S. economic expansion in history. The United States must keep monitoring and enforcing trade deals so businesses, workers, and farmers benefit. The People’s Republic of China agreed, when joining the WTO, to cut big barriers in agriculture, services, and manufacturing. The U.S. must enforce its rights under those accession agreements.

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Title 22, §6941

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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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22 U.S.C. § 6941

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73