§2803 Designation of Major Wine Trading Countries

Summary

The U.S. Trade Representative must name a foreign country or an economic union as a major wine trading country if two things are true: (1) it looks like a potentially large market for U.S. wine, and (2) it has tariff barriers, nontariff barriers, or other trade distortions that affect U.S. wine. When deciding whether a place has nontariff barriers under (2), the Trade Representative must consider three things: the review and report required under section 854(a) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2135 note); any steps that country or group took after that review; and information submitted under section 2805 by U.S. wine and grape industry representatives and other sources.