§1354 — Title 19 Customs Duties | U.S. Code

Summary

Before the U.S. finishes a trade agreement under these rules with a foreign government or its agency, it must give enough public notice that talks will start. That notice lets any interested person tell the President, or an agency the President names, what they think, following rules the President sets. Before signing the deal, the President must ask the International Trade Commission to do the investigation and report required by section 1360. The President must also get information and advice from the Departments of State, Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense, and from any other sources the President finds appropriate.

Title 19, §1354

Customs Duties — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Before any foreign trade agreement is concluded with any foreign government or instrumentality thereof under the provisions of this part, reasonable public notice of the intention to negotiate an agreement with such government or instrumentality shall be given in order that any interested person may have an opportunity to present his views to the President, or to such agency as the President may designate, under such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe; and before concluding such agreement the President shall request the International Trade Commission to make the investigation and report provided for by section 1360 of this title, and shall seek information and advice with respect to such agreement from the Departments of State, Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense, and from such other sources as he may deem appropriate.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1975—Pub. L. 93–618 substituted “United States International Trade Commission” for “United States Tariff Commission”. 1951—Act

June 16, 1951, provided that the President request the Tariff Commission to make the investigation and report. 1949—Act Sept. 26, 1949, changed the Tariff Commission’s functions under these sections from investigatory to advisory functions. 1945—Act

July 5, 1945, inserted “War, Navy,” after “Departments of State”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

National Military Establishment changed to Department of Defense by act Aug. 10, 1949.

Repeals

Act Sept. 26, 1949, § 2, repealed act June 26, 1948, ch. 678, § 3(c), 62 Stat. 1054, formerly cited as a credit to this section.

§1354 Notice of Intention to Negotiate Agreement; Opportunity to Be Heard; President to Seek Information and Advice