Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§5213 Joint Development Assistance Agreements with Certain Trading Partners

Title 7 › Chapter 83— AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS AND TRADE › Subchapter II— AGRICULTURAL TRADE INITIATIVES › Part A— General Provisions › § 5213

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Agriculture Secretary can make a plan, with help from the State Department and officials from a country that has a large trade surplus with the U.S., for that country to buy U.S. farm products to use in aid projects in poorer countries. The Secretary must consider that country’s farm economy, its aid programs, and other facts, and must send the plan to the President promptly. The President may sign an agreement with any country that has a trade surplus with the U.S. under which the country buys U.S. agricultural goods for agreed development activities in developing countries.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §5213

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(a)With respect to any country that has a substantial positive trade balance with the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of State and (through the Secretary of State) representatives of such country, may develop an appropriate plan under which that country would purchase United States agricultural commodities or products for use in development activities in developing countries. In developing such plan, the Secretary of Agriculture shall take into consideration the agricultural economy of such country, the nature and extent of such country’s programs to assist developing countries, and other relevant factors. The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit each such plan to the President as soon as practicable.

(b)The President may enter into an agreement with any country that has a positive trade balance with the United States under which that country would purchase United States agricultural commodities or products for use in agreed-on development activities in developing countries.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 5213

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60