PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

If the President cannot reach an agreement with a priority foreign country by the end of the negotiating period that meets the set goals, the President must use the available tools to try to get those goals. The President should first use steps that directly affect trade in telecommunications unless other parts of the economy would work better. The tools include seven types of actions such as ending or pausing parts of trade deals that affect duties or import rules on telecom products, using trade-remedy laws, banning federal purchases of that country’s telecom goods, raising U.S. buying preferences, ending waiver benefits, ordering federal officers to deny federal funds or credits for those purchases, and suspending other trade benefits. If a trade agreement duty is ended, the President will set the duty rate that applies to goods entered after that change. The negotiating period is 18 months starting August 23, 1988 for countries named in the original investigation, and 1 year for countries named later. The President can extend that period up to two more 1-year extensions. Within 15 days after an extension, the President must send Congress a report saying substantial progress is being made and why more time is needed. The President may change or stop any action if circumstances change, and must promptly tell Congress about any actions taken or changed.

Title 19, §3105

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(a)In general

(1)If the President is unable, before the close of the negotiating period, to enter into an agreement under subtitle A with any priority foreign country identified under section 3103 of this title which achieves the general negotiating objectives described in section 3104(b) of this title as defined by the specific objectives established by the President for that country, the President shall take whatever actions authorized under subsection (b) that are appropriate and most likely to achieve such general negotiating objectives.

(2)In taking actions under paragraph (1), the President shall first take those actions which most directly affect trade in telecommunications products and services with the priority foreign country referred to in paragraph (1), unless the President determines that actions against other economic sectors would be more effective in achieving the general negotiating objectives referred to in paragraph (1).

(b)Actions authorized

(1)The President is authorized to take any of the following actions under subsection (a) with respect to any priority foreign country:

(A)termination, withdrawal, or suspension of any portion of any trade agreement entered into with such country under—

(i)the Trade Act of 1974 [19 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.],

(ii)section 1821 of this title, or

(iii)section 1351 of this title,

with respect to any duty or import restriction imposed by the United States on any telecommunications product;

(B)actions described in section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 [19 U.S.C. 2411];

(C)prohibition of purchases by the Federal Government of telecommunications products of such country;

(D)increases in domestic preferences under chapter 83 of title 41 for purchases by the Federal Government of telecommunications products of such country;

(E)suspension of any waiver of domestic preferences under chapter 83 of title 41 which may have been extended to such country pursuant to the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 with respect to telecommunications products or any other products;

(F)issuance of orders to appropriate officers and employees of the Federal Government to deny Federal funds or Federal credits for purchases of the telecommunications products of such country; and

(G)suspension, in whole or in part, of benefits accorded articles of such country under title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461, et seq.).

(2)Notwithstanding section 125 of the Trade Act of 1974 [19 U.S.C. 2135] and any other provision of law, if any portion of a trade agreement described in paragraph (1)(A) is terminated, withdrawn, or suspended under paragraph (1) with respect to any duty imposed by the United States on the products of a foreign country, the rate of such duty that shall apply to such products entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, after the date on which such termination, withdrawal, or suspension takes effect shall be a rate determined by the President.

(c)Negotiating period

(1)For purposes of this section, the term “negotiating period” means—

(A)with respect to a priority foreign country identified in the investigation conducted under section 3103(a) of this title, the 18-month period beginning on August 23, 1988, and

(B)with respect to any foreign country identified as a priority foreign country after the conclusion of such investigation, the 1-year period beginning on the date on which such identification is made.

(2)(A)The negotiating period with respect to a priority foreign country may be extended for not more than two 1-year periods.

(B)By no later than the date that is 15 days after the date on which the President extends the negotiating period with respect to any priority foreign country, the President shall submit to appropriate committees of the Congress a report on the status of negotiations with such country that includes—

(i)a finding by the President that substantial progress is being made in negotiations with such country, and

(ii)a statement detailing the reasons why an extension of such negotiating period is necessary.

(d)Modification and termination authority

The President may modify or terminate any action taken under subsection (a) if, after taking into consideration the factors described in section 3103(b) of this title, the President determines that changed circumstances warrant such modification or termination.

(e)Report

The President shall promptly inform the appropriate committees of the Congress of any action taken under subsection (a) or of the modification or termination of any such action under subsection (d).

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

Subtitle A, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is subtitle A (§§ 1101–1125) of title I of Pub. L. 100–418, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1121. For complete classification of subtitle A to the Code, see Tables. The Trade Act of 1974, referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(A)(i), (G), is Pub. L. 93–618, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1978, which is classified principally to chapter 12 (§ 2101 et seq.) of this title. Title V of the Trade Act of 1974 is classified generally to subchapter V (§ 2461 et seq.) of chapter 12 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2101 of this title and Tables. The Trade Agreements Act of 1979, referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(E), is Pub. L. 96–39, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 144. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2501 of this title and Tables. Codification In subsec. (b)(1)(D), (E), “chapter 83 of title 41” substituted for “title III of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a, et seq.)” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions Functions of President under subsec. (e) relating to reports to Congressional committees delegated to United States Trade Representative, see section 1–401 of Ex. Ord. No. 21661, Dec. 27, 1988, 54 F.R. 779, set out as a note under section 2901 of this title.

§3105 Actions to Be Taken If No Agreement Obtained

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Title 19, §3105

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