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§3551 Working Party on Worker Rights

Title 19 › CHAPTER 22 — URUGUAY ROUND TRADE AGREEMENTS › SUBCHAPTER I — APPROVAL OF, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO, URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENTS › Part D — Related Provisions › § 3551

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President must ask GATT 1947, and when the WTO agreement takes effect for the United States, the WTO, to create a working party to study how internationally recognized worker rights (see section 2467(4)) relate to GATT and WTO rules. The group will study links between trade and those rights, including different levels of development, look at how denying rights affects trade, find ways to address those effects, and work with the ILO. The President must report to Congress by 1 year after December 8, 1994, on progress and U.S. objectives.

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Title 19, §3551

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(a)In general
The President shall seek the establishment in the GATT 1947, and, upon entry into force of the WTO Agreement with respect to the United States, in the WTO, of a working party to examine the relationship of internationally recognized worker rights, as defined in section 2467(4) of this title, to the articles, objectives, and related instruments of the GATT 1947 and of the WTO, respectively.
(b)Objectives of working party
The objectives of the United States for the working party described in subsection (a) are to—
(1)explore the linkage between international trade and internationally recognized worker rights, as defined in section 2467(4) of this title, taking into account differences in the level of development among countries;
(2)examine the effects on international trade of the systematic denial of such rights;
(3)consider ways to address such effects; and
(4)develop methods to coordinate the work program of the working party with the International Labor Organization.
(c)Report to Congress
The President shall report to the Congress, not later than 1 year after December 8, 1994, on the progress made in establishing the working party under this section, and on United States objectives with respect to the working party’s work program.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1996—Subsecs. (a), (b)(1). Pub. L. 104–188 substituted “2467(4)” for “2462(a)(4)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1996 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 104–188 applicable to articles entered on or after Oct. 1, 1996, with provisions relating to retroactive application, see section 1953 of Pub. L. 104–188, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 2461 of this title.

Effective Date

Pub. L. 103–465, title I, § 138, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4842, provided that: “(a) In General.—Except as provided in section 136(d) [enacting provisions set out as a note under section 5001 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code] and subsection (b) of this section, this subtitle [subtitle D (§§ 131–138) of title I of Pub. L. 103–465, enacting this part, amending section 5001, 5002, 5005, 5007, 5061, 5131, 5132, 5134, and 7652 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 5001 of Title 26] and the

Amendments

made by this subtitle take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 8, 1994]. “(b) section 132 and 135.—section 132 and 135 [enacting section 3552 and 3555 of this title] take effect on the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States [Jan. 1, 1995].”

Executive Documents

Uruguay Round Agreements: Entry Into ForceThe Uruguay Round Agreements, including the World Trade Organization Agreement and agreements annexed to that Agreement, as referred to in section 3511(d) of this title, entered into force with respect to the United States on Jan. 1, 1995. See note set out under section 3511 of this title.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 3551

Title 19, Customs Duties

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110