Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§5202 Policy

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 83— - AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS AND TRADE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - FINDINGS, POLICY, AND PURPOSE › § 5202

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The United States must promote its farm exports at competitive prices and make sure they are good quality and reliably available. It must support free and fair trade and back the negotiating goals in section 2901(b) of title 19 to remove or reduce major trade barriers. The government may use its legal powers, export programs, and, if needed, limits on imports to fight unfair foreign trade. It must also increase U.S. agricultural input when national fiscal and monetary policies that affect trade are made.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §5202

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

It is the policy of the United States—

(1)to provide, through all possible means, agricultural commodities and products for export at competitive prices, with full assurance of quality and reliability of supply;

(2)to support the principle of free trade and the promotion of fair trade in agricultural commodities and products;

(3)to support fully the negotiating objectives set forth in section 2901(b) of title 19 to eliminate or reduce substantially constraints on fair and open trade in agricultural commodities and products;

(4)to use statutory authority to counter unfair foreign trade practices and to use all available means, including export promotion programs, and, if necessary, restrictions on United States imports of agricultural commodities and products, in order to encourage fair and open trade; and

(5)to provide for increased representation of United States agricultural trade interests in the formulation of national fiscal and monetary policy affecting trade.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 5202

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73