Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73not60

§3553 Membership in Wto of Boycotting Countries

Title 19 › Chapter 22— URUGUAY ROUND TRADE AGREEMENTS › Subchapter I— APPROVAL OF, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO, URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENTS › Part D— Related Provisions › § 3553

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The U.S. Trade Representative should strongly oppose letting any country join the World Trade Organization if that country, by its laws, policies, or government actions, supports or enforces a boycott described in 50 U.S.C. 4607(a) (as of August 20, 1994). This includes cases where the country makes or urges businesses there to refuse to deal with people who won't follow those banned requests.

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Title 19, §3553

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It is the sense of the Congress that the Trade Representative should vigorously oppose the admission into the World Trade Organization of any country which, through its laws, regulations, official policies, or governmental practices, fosters, imposes, complies with, furthers, or supports any boycott described in section 4607(a) of title 50 (as in effect on August 20, 1994), including requiring or encouraging entities within that country to refuse to do business with persons who do not comply with requests to take any action prohibited under that section.

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section 4607(a) of title 50 (as in effect on August 20, 1994), referred to in text, means section 4607(a) of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to its repeal by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XVII, § 1766(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2232.

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19 U.S.C. § 3553

Title 19 — Customs Duties

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Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60