22 U.S.C. § 290k–3: Opposition to certain…

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The Secretary of the Treasury must tell the U.S. Director to oppose, and try to get the board to agree to oppose, any agency guarantee or other investment help if the proposed investment would be in a country that has not taken steps to protect workers’ rights under international standards; or if it would include performance rules that likely cut U.S. jobs or other trade benefits; or if it would add capacity in an industry already facing global oversupply and hurt U.S. producers. Within 12 months after the United States joins the agency, and once a year for the next 3 years, the Secretary must do an independent review of U.S. investments the agency guaranteed. The review must measure the expected net effect on U.S. jobs and exports and check how many went to countries not protecting workers’ rights. The Secretary must seek and consider views from U.S. labor groups and send each finished review to Congress.

Title 22, §290k–3

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Consistent with the purposes of section 290k–2 of this title, the Secretary of the Treasury shall—

(1)instruct the United States Director to oppose, and to actively seek the concurrence of other members of the Board of Directors in opposing, any guarantee or other investment promotion under consideration by the Agency if the proposed investment would—

(A)be in any country which is not a beneficiary developing country for purposes of title V of the Trade Act of 1974 [19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.] because it has not taken or is not taking steps to afford internationally-recognized workers’ rights to workers in that country;

(B)be subject to trade-distorting performance requirements imposed by the host country that are likely to result in a significant net reduction in—

(i)employment in the United States; or

(ii)other trade benefits likely to accrue to the United States from the investment; or

(C)likely increase a country’s productive capacity in an industry already facing excess worldwide capacity for the same, similar or competing product, and cause substantial injury to producers of such products in the United States; and

(2)within 12 months after the United States becomes a member of the Agency and each year thereafter for the 3 succeeding years, conduct an independent evaluation of the United States investments which have been guaranteed by the Agency to determine—

(A)the anticipated net impact of such investments on employment in and exports from the United States, and

(B)the extent to which such investments were made in countries which had not taken or are not taking steps to afford internationally-recognized workers’ rights to workers in those countries.

In the course of conducting each evaluation required under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall actively solicit and take into account the views of United States labor organizations. The Secretary shall furnish a copy of each such evaluation on its completion to the Congress.

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The Trade Act of 1974, referred to in par. (1)(A), is Pub. L. 93–618, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1978. Title V of the Trade Act of 1974 is classified generally to subchapter V (§ 2461 et seq.) of chapter 12 of Title 19, Customs Duties. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 2101 of Title 19 and Tables. Codification Section is based on section 406 of title IV of H.R. 3750, One Hundredth Congress, as introduced Dec. 11, 1987, and enacted into law by Pub. L. 100–202.

§290k–3 Opposition to Certain Guarantees or Investment Promotions; Independent Evaluation of Guaranteed Investments

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Title 22, §290k–3

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