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19 U.S.C. § 2115 — Foreign export requirements; consultations and negotiations for reduction and elimination; restrictions on and exclusion from entry of products or services; savings provision; compensation authority applicable

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19 U.S.C. § 2115 — Foreign export requirements; consultations and negotiations for reduction and elimination; restrictions on and exclusion from entry of products or services; savings provision; compensation authority applicable

(1) If the United States Trade Representative, with the advice of the committee established by [section 1872 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1872&num=0&edition=prelim), determines that action by the United States is appropriate to respond to any export performance requirements of any foreign country or instrumentality that adversely affect the economic interests of the United States, then the United States Trade Representative shall seek to obtain the reduction and elimination of such export performance requirements through consultations and negotiations with the foreign country or instrumentality concerned. (2) In addition to the action referred to in subsection (1), the United States Trade Representative may impose duties or other import restrictions on the products or services of such foreign country or instrumentality for such time as he determines appropriate, including the exclusion from entry into the United States of products subject to such requirements. (3) Nothing in paragraph (2) shall apply to any products or services with respect to which— (A) any foreign direct investment (including a purchase of land or facilities) has been made directly or indirectly by any United States person before October 30, 1984, or (B) any written commitment relating to a foreign direct investment that is binding on October 30, 1984, has been made directly or indirectly by any United States person. (4) Whenever the international obligations of the United States and actions taken under paragraph (2) make compensation necessary or appropriate, compensation may be provided by the United States Trade Representative subject to the limitations and conditions contained in [section 2133 of this title](https://uscode.hous

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19 U.S.C. § 1872 — Interagency trade organization

**(a) Establishment; functions; membership and composition; participation of representatives of other agencies; meetings** (1) The President shall establish an interagency organization. (2) The functions of the organization are— (A) to assist, and make recommendations to, the President in carrying out the functions vested in him by the trade laws and to advise the United States Trade Representative (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Trade Representative”) in carrying out the functions set forth in [section 2171 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2171&num=0&edition=prelim); (B) to assist the President, and advise the Trade Representative, with respect to the development and implementation of the international trade policy objectives of the United States; and (C) to advise the President and the Trade Representative with respect to the relationship between the international trade policy objectives of the United States and other major policy areas which may significantly affect the overall international trade policy and trade competitiveness of the United States. (3) The interagency organization shall be composed of the following: (A) The Trade Representative, who shall be chairperson. (B) The Secretary of Commerce. (C) The Secretary of State. (D) The Secretary of the Treasury. (E) The Secretary of Agriculture. (F) The Secretary of Labor. The Trade Representative may invite representatives from other agencies, as appropriate, to attend particular meetings if subject matters of specific functional interest to such agencies are under consideration. It shall meet at such times and with respect to such matters as the President or the Chairman shall direct. **(b) Duties** In as

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19 U.S.C. § 2253 — Action to facilitate positive adjustment to import competition

**(a) Presidential action** If the United States International Trade Commission (hereinafter referred to in this part as the “Commission”) determines under [section 2252(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2252/b&num=0&edition=prelim) that an article is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof, to the domestic industry producing an article like or directly competitive with the imported article, the President, in accordance with this part, shall take all appropriate and feasible action within his power which the President determines will facilitate efforts by the domestic industry to make a positive adjustment to import competition and provide greater economic and social benefits than costs. **(b) Positive adjustment to import competition** (1) For purposes of this part, a positive adjustment to import competition occurs when— (A) the domestic industry— (i) is able to compete successfully with imports after actions taken under [section 2254 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2254&num=0&edition=prelim) terminate, or (ii) the domestic industry experiences an orderly transfer of resources to other productive pursuits; and (B) dislocated workers in the industry experience an orderly transition to productive pursuits. (2) The domestic industry may be considered to have made a positive adjustment to import competition even though the industry is not of the same size and composition as the industry at the time the investigation was initiated under [section 2252(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-sectio

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19 U.S.C. § 2133 — Authorization of appropriation for GATT revision

There are authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as may be necessary for the payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. This authorization does not imply approval or disapproval by the Congress of all articles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

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26 U.S.C. § 401 — Qualified pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans

**(a) Requirements for qualification** A trust created or organized in the United States and forming part of a stock bonus, pension, or profit-sharing plan of an employer for the exclusive benefit of his employees or their beneficiaries shall constitute a qualified trust under this section— (1) if contributions are made to the trust by such employer, or employees, or both, or by another employer who is entitled to deduct his contributions under section 404(a)(3)(B) (relating to deduction for contributions to profit-sharing and stock bonus plans), or by a charitable remainder trust pursuant to a qualified gratuitous transfer (as defined in section 664(g)(1)), for the purpose of distributing to such employees or their beneficiaries the corpus and income of the fund accumulated by the trust in accordance with such plan; (2) if under the trust instrument it is impossible, at any time prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to employees and their beneficiaries under the trust, for any part of the corpus or income to be (within the taxable year or thereafter) used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of his employees or their beneficiaries (but this paragraph shall not be construed, in the case of a multiemployer plan, to prohibit the return of a contribution within 6 months after the plan administrator determines that the contribution was made by a mistake of fact or law (other than a mistake relating to whether the plan is described in section 401(a) or the trust which is part of such plan is exempt from taxation under section 501(a), or the return of any withdrawal liability payment determined to be an overpayment within 6 months of such determination)); (3) if the plan of which such trust is a part satisfies the requireme

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19 U.S.C. § 2115 — Bilateral trade agreements

Page 513 TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES § 2115 (Pub. L. 98–573, title III, § 306(c)(1), (2)(A), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3010, 3011.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in par. (1)(A), is Pub. L. 98–573, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2984, known as the Trade and Tar- iff Act of 1984. For classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1984 Amendment note set out under section 1654 of this title and Tables. CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the International Trade and Investment Act, and also as part of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984, and not as part of the Trade Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter. Section is comprised of subsec. (c)(1), (2)(A) of section 306 of Pub. L. 98–573. Subsec. (a) of such section is clas- sified to section 2114(b) of this title; subsec. (b) of such section amended sections 3101, 3103, and 3104 and a pro- vision set out as a note under section 3101 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse; and subsec. (c)(2)(B), (C) of such section amended sections 2114, 2155, 2413, and 2414 of this title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries DEFINITIONS For definition of ‘‘services’’ as used in this section, see par. (5) of section 2114b of this title. § 2114d. Foreign export requirements; consulta- tions and negotiations for reduction and elimination; restrictions on and exclusion from entry of products or services; savings provision; compensation authority applicable (1) If the United States Trade Representative, with the advice of the committee established by section 1872 of this title, determines that action by the United States is appropriate to respond to any export performance requirements of any foreign country or instrumentality that ad- versely affect the economic interes

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