Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-110

§4693 Final Remedies

Title 19 › CHAPTER 29 — UNITED STATES–MEXICO–CANADA AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION › SUBCHAPTER VI — LABOR MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT › Part E — Enforcement Under Rapid Response Labor Mechanism › § 4693

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a quick USMCA labor panel finds that workers’ rights were denied, the U.S. Trade Representative may, after consulting the right congressional committees, order the Treasury Secretary to stop goods from entering that came wholly or partly from the facilities involved or to release those goods only if duties and penalties are paid. The Trade Representative can also apply those duties or penalties to customs entries whose liquidation was suspended under section 4692 and use other remedies available under the USMCA. The Trade Representative must promptly tell the Secretary when the denial has been fixed, and the measures stay in place until that notice.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §4693

Customs Duties, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general

If a rapid response labor panel constituted in accordance with Annex 31–A of the USMCA determines with respect to a case that there has been a denial of rights within the meaning of such Annex, the Trade Representative may, in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees—

(1)direct the Secretary of the Treasury, until the date of the notification described in subsection (b) and in accordance with Annex 31–A of the USMCA—

(A)to—

(i)deny entry to goods, produced wholly or in part, from any covered facility involved in such case; or

(ii)allow for the release of goods, produced wholly or in part, from such covered facilities only upon payment of duties and any penalty; and

(B)to apply any duties or penalties to customs entries for which liquidation was suspended pursuant to section 4692 of this title; and

(2)apply other remedies that are appropriate and available under Annex 31–A of the USMCA, until the denial of rights with respect to the case has been remedied.

(b)Remediation notification

The Trade Representative shall promptly notify the Secretary when the denial of rights with respect to a case described in subsection (a) has been remedied.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 4693

Title 19, Customs Duties

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110