PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The President may negotiate international deals with other countries to limit exports from them and imports into the United States of a product that the U.S. International Trade Commission has found (under section 1901(b)) is causing or may cause serious injury to a U.S. industry. He can choose this instead of using the power in section 1981(a)(1), but must follow the rules in 1981(a)(2)–(4) and decide negotiation is the better way to prevent or fix the injury. To enforce such a deal, the President can make rules about bringing the covered product into U.S. warehouses or removing it. For multilateral deals that cover a large share of world trade in that product, he can also make rules for similar products made by countries not in the deal.

Title 19, §1982

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(a)Negotiations

After receiving an affirmative finding of the United States International Trade Commission under section 1901(b) of this title with respect to an industry, the President may, in lieu of exercising the authority contained in section 1981(a)(1) of this title but subject to the provisions of section 1981(a)(2), (3), and (4) of this title, negotiate international agreements with foreign countries limiting the export from such countries and the import into the United States of the article causing or threatening to cause serious injury to such industry, whenever he determines that such action would be more appropriate to prevent or remedy serious injury to such industry than action under section 1981(a)(1) of this title.

(b)Regulations governing entry or withdrawal from warehouse

In order to carry out an agreement concluded under subsection (a), the President is authorized to issue regulations governing the entry or withdrawal from warehouse of the article covered by such agreement. In addition, in order to carry out a multilateral agreement concluded under subsection (a) among countries accounting for a significant part of world trade in the article covered by such agreement, the President is also authorized to issue regulations governing the entry or withdrawal from warehouse of the like article which is the product of countries not parties to such agreement.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 1901 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by Pub. L. 93–618, title VI, § 602(d), (e), Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2072. See section 2251 et seq. of this title.

Amendments

1975—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–618 substituted “United States International Trade Commission” for “United States Tariff Commission”.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions Functions of President under subsec. (b) of this section, concerning issuance of

Regulations

governing entry, or withdrawal from warehouses for consumption, of articles pursuant to any orderly marketing agreement, delegated to Secretary of the Treasury, see section 5(b) of Ex. Ord. No. 11846, Mar. 27, 1975, 40 F.R. 14291, set out as a note under section 2111 of this title.

§1982 Marketing Agreements