Title 7AgricultureRelease 119-73

§5652 Relief from unfair trade practices

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 87— - EXPORT PROMOTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - BARRIERS TO EXPORTS › § 5652

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Agriculture Secretary may use export-promotion programs run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation for certain products. This can happen when the United States starts an international trade dispute about an unfair trade practice but the other country blocks the case from moving forward by refusing to let it proceed. For each affected product, the Secretary must quickly talk with industry representatives and related groups to plan specific actions or a marketing strategy using some or all of those export programs. The Secretary must find out and follow the industry’s preference about how to use the available programs.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §5652

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(a)(1)The Secretary may, for each article described in paragraph (2), make available some or all of the commercial export promotion programs of the Department of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation to help mitigate or offset the effects of the unfair trade practice serving as the basis for the proceeding described in paragraph (2).
(2)Paragraph (1) shall apply in the case of articles for which the United States has instituted, under any international trade agreement, any dispute settlement proceeding based on an unfair trade practice if such proceeding has been prevented from progressing to a decision by the refusal of the party maintaining the unfair trade practice to permit the proceeding to progress.
(b)For any article described in subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall—
(1)promptly consult with representatives of the industry producing such articles and other allied groups or individuals regarding specific actions or the development of an integrated marketing strategy utilizing some or all of the commercial export programs of the Department of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation to help mitigate or offset the effects of the unfair trade practice identified in subsection (a)(2); and
(2)ascertain and take into account the industry preference for the practical use of available commercial export promotion programs in implementing subsection (a)(1).

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 301 of Pub. L. 95–501 was classified to section 5651 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 110–246. Another prior section 301 of Pub. L. 95–501 amended section 1761, 1762, 1764, and 1765 of this title prior to the complete revision of Pub. L. 95–501 by Pub. L. 101–624.

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7 U.S.C. § 5652

Title 7Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73