Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73not60

§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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Trade Representative must ask the Ministerial Conference and the General Council to create rules that increase transparency and make the costs and benefits of trade actions clearer. Those rules should require open, fair procedures by the Ministerial Conference, the General Council, the dispute settlement panels, and the Appellate Body under the Dispute Settlement Understanding.

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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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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 3536

Title 19 — Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60