Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-102
§3536 Increased Transparency
Title 19 › CHAPTER 22 — URUGUAY ROUND TRADE AGREEMENTS › SUBCHAPTER I — APPROVAL OF, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO, URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENTS › Part C — Uruguay Round Implementation and Dispute Settlement › § 3536
Summary
The U.S. Trade Representative must seek WTO rules to increase transparency and clarify costs/benefits of trade actions, covering ministerial and general councils and dispute bodies.
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Title 19, §3536
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The Trade Representative shall seek the adoption by the Ministerial Conference and General Council of procedures that will ensure broader application of the principle of transparency and clarification of the costs and benefits of trade policy actions, through the observance of open and equitable procedures in trade matters by the Ministerial Conference and the General Council, and by the dispute settlement panels and the Appellate Body under the Dispute Settlement Understanding.
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Effective Date
Section effective on the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States (Jan. 1, 1995), see section 130 of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as a note under section 3531 of this title.
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19 U.S.C. § 3536
Title 19, Customs Duties
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102