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- § 3551. Working party on worker rights
- § 3552. Implementation of Rules of Origin work program
- § 3553. Membership in WTO of boycotting countries
- § 3554. Africa trade and development policy
- § 3555. Objectives for extended negotiations
- § 3556. Certain nonrubber footwear
§ 3551. Working party on worker rights
(a) In general
(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
(Pub. L. 103–465, title I, § 131, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4839; Pub. L. 104–188, title I, § 1954(a)(6), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1928.)
§ 3552. Implementation of Rules of Origin work program
If the President enters into an agreement developed under the work program described in Article 9 of the Agreement on Rules of Origin referred to in section 3511(d)(10) of this title, the President may implement United States obligations under such an agreement under United States law only pursuant to authority granted to the President for that purpose by law enacted after the effective date of this section.
(Pub. L. 103–465, title I, § 132, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4839; Pub. L. 104–295, § 20(a)(2), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3527.)
§ 3553. Membership in WTO of boycotting countries
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.
(Pub. L. 103–465, title I, § 133, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4839.)
§ 3554. Africa trade and development policy
(a) Development of policy
(b) Reports to Congress
(Pub. L. 103–465, title I, § 134, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4840.)
§ 3555. Objectives for extended negotiations
(a) Trade in financial services
The principal negotiating objective of the United States in the extended negotiations on financial services to be conducted under the auspices of the WTO is to seek to secure commitments, from a wide range of commercially important developed and developing countries, to reduce or eliminate barriers to the supply of financial services, including barriers that deny national treatment or market access by restricting the establishment or operation of financial services providers, as the condition for the United States—
(1) offering commitments to provide national treatment and market access in each of the financial services subsectors, and
(2) making such commitments on a normal trade relations basis.
(b) Trade in basic telecommunications services
(c) Trade in civil aircraft
(1) Negotiations
The principal negotiating objectives of the United States in the extended negotiations on trade in civil aircraft to be conducted under the auspices of the WTO are—
(A) to obtain competitive opportunities for United States exports in foreign markets substantially equivalent to those afforded to foreign products in the United States,
(B) to obtain the reduction or elimination of specific tariff and nontariff barriers, including through expanded membership in the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft and in the US–EC bilateral agreement for large civil aircraft,
(C) to maintain vigorous and effective disciplines on subsidies practices with respect to civil aircraft products under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures referred to in section 3511(d)(12) of this title,
(D) to maintain the scope and coverage on indirect support as specified in the US–EC bilateral agreement on large civil aircraft, and
(E) to obtain increased transparency with respect to foreign subsidy programs in the civil aircraft sector, both through greater government disclosure with respect to the use of taxpayer moneys and higher financial disclosure standards for companies receiving government supports (including disclosure comparable to that required under United States securities laws).
(2) Definitions
For purposes of paragraph (1)—
(A) the term “civil aircraft” means those products to which the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft applies,
(B) the term “large civil aircraft” has the meaning given that term in Annex II to the US–EC bilateral agreement,
(C) the term “indirect support” means indirect government support as defined in Annex II to the US–EC bilateral agreement,
(D) the term “Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft” means the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft approved by the Congress under section 2503 of this title, and
(E) the term “US–EC bilateral agreement” means the Agreement Concerning the Application of the GATT Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft Between the European Economic Community and the Government of the United States of America on trade in large civil aircraft, entered into on July 17, 1992.
(Pub. L. 103–465, title I, § 135, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4840; Pub. L. 105–206, title V, § 5003(b)(5), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 790.)
§ 3556. Certain nonrubber footwear
In the case of nonrubber footwear imported from Brazil—
(1) which is subject to Treasury Decision 74-233, dated September 9, 1974,
(2) which was entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or before October 28, 1981, and
(3) with respect to which entries are unliquidated on December 8, 1994,
countervailing duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the amount of the cash deposit of the estimated countervailing duties required on such footwear at the time of entry or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption. Interest on underpayments of amounts required to be deposited as countervailing duties shall be paid in accordance with section 1677g of this title.
(Pub. L. 103–465, title I, § 137, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4842.)