19 U.S.C. § 2486 — Trade relations with North American

Page 711 TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES § 2492 classified generally to subchapter I (§ 41 et seq.) of chapter 2 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For com- plete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 58 of Title 15 and Tables. § 2486. Trade relations with North American countries (a) Negotiations for free trade area with Canada It is the sense of the Congress that the United States should enter into a trade agreement with Canada which will guarantee continued stability to the economies of the United States and Can- ada. In order to promote such economic sta- bility, the President may initiate negotiations for a trade agreement with Canada to establish a free trade area covering the United States and Canada. Nothing in this section shall be con- strued as prior approval of any legislation which may be necessary to implement such a trade agreement. (b) Regional study The President shall study the desirability of entering into trade agreements with countries in the northern portion of the western hemi- sphere to promote the economic growth of the United States and such countries and the mu- tual expansion of market opportunities and re- port to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Com- mittee on Finance of the Senate his findings and conclusions within 2 years after July 26, 1979. The study shall include an examination of com- petitive opportunities and conditions of com- petition between such countries and the United States in the agricultural, energy, and other ap- propriate sectors. (Pub. L. 93–618, title VI, § 612, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2076; Pub. L. 96–39, title XI, § 1104(a), (b)(1), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 310.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1979—Pub. L. 96–39 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1979 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 96–39 effective July 26, 1979, see section 1114 of Pub. L. 96–39, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2581 of this title. § 2487. Repealed. Pub. L. 102–145, § 121, as added Pub. L. 102–266, § 102, Apr. 1, 1992, 106 Stat. 95 Section, Pub. L. 93–618, title VI, § 613, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2076, related to limitation on credit to Russia. SUBCHAPTER VII—TARIFF TREATMENT OF PRODUCTS OF, AND OTHER SANCTIONS AGAINST, UNCOOPERATIVE MAJOR DRUG PRODUCING OR DRUG-TRANSIT COUN- TRIES § 2491. Short title This subchapter may be cited as the ‘‘Nar- cotics Control Trade Act’’. (Pub. L. 93–618, title VIII, § 801, as added Pub. L. 99–570, title IX, § 9001, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–164.) § 2492. Tariff treatment of products of unco- operative major drug producing or drug- transit countries (a) Required action by President Subject to subsection (b), for every major drug producing country and every major drug-transit country, the President shall, on or after March 1, 1987, and March 1 of each succeeding year, to the extent considered necessary by the Presi- dent to achieve the purposes of this sub- chapter— (1) deny to any or all of the products of that country tariff treatment under the General- ized System of Preferences, the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act [19 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.], or any other law providing pref- erential tariff treatment; (2) apply to any or all of the dutiable prod- ucts of that country an additional duty at a rate not to exceed 50 percent ad valorem or the specific rate equivalent; (3) apply to one or more duty-free products of that country a duty at a rate not to exceed 50 percent ad valorem; (4) take the steps described in subsection (d)(1) or (d)(2), or both, to curtail air transpor- tation between the United States and that country; (5) withdraw the personnel and resources of the United States from participation in any arrangement with that country for the pre- clearance of customs by visitors between the United States and that country; or (6) take any combination of the actions de- scribed in paragraphs (1) through (5). (b) Certifications; Congressional action (1)(A) Subject to paragraph (3), subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a country if the President determines and certifies to the Con- gress, at the time of the submission of the re- port required by section 2291h of title 22, that— (i) during the previous year the country has cooperated fully with the United States, or has taken adequate steps on its own— (I) in satisfying the goals agreed to in an applicable bilateral narcotics agreement with the United States (as described in para- graph (B)) or a multilateral agreement which achieves the objectives of paragraph (B), (II) in preventing narcotic and psycho- tropic drugs and other controlled substances produced or processed, in whole or in part, in such country or transported through such country, from being sold illegally within the jurisdiction of such country to United States Government personnel or their dependents or from being transported, directly or indi- rectly, into the United States, (III) in preventing and punishing the laun- dering in that country of drug-related prof- its or drug-related moneys, and (IV) in preventing and punishing bribery and other forms of public corruption which facilitate the illicit production, processing, or shipment of narcotic and psychotropic drugs and other controlled substances, or which discourage the investigation and pros- ecution of such acts; or