7 U.S.C. § 1736p — Trade policy declaration

Page 1019 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 1736r Executive Documents IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 3107 OF THE FARM SECURITY AND RURAL INVESTMENT ACT OF 2002, RELATING TO FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD NUTRITION Memorandum of President of the United States, Mar. 11, 2003, 68 F.R. 12569, provided: Memorandum for the Secretary of Agriculture Effective upon the publication of this memorandum in the Federal Register, there is established the pro- gram relating to food for education and child nutrition authorized by subsection 3107(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–171) (7 U.S.C. 17360–1 [1736o–1]). Pursuant to subsection 3107(d) of the Act, the Department of Agriculture is designated to take actions specified in that subsection. The authorities and duties of the President under sec- tion 3107 (except the authority to designate under 3107(d)) are delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture. In the implementation of a program for which section 3107 provides, the Secretary of Agriculture shall con- sult as appropriate with the Food Policy Assistance Council established by section 3 of Executive Order 12752 of February 25, 1991, as amended [7 U.S.C. 1691 note], and such heads of Federal departments and agen- cies as the Secretary determines appropriate. You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register. GEORGE W. BUSH. § 1736p. Trade policy declaration It is hereby declared to be the agricultural trade policy of the United States to— (1) be the premier supplier of agricultural and food products to world markets and ex- pand exports of high value products; (2) support the principle of free trade and the promotion of fair trade in agricultural com- modities and products; (3) cooperate fully in all efforts to negotiate with foreign countries further reductions in tariff and nontariff barriers to trade, including sanitary and phytosanitary measures and trade-distorting subsidies; (4) aggressively counter unfair foreign trade practices as a means of encouraging fairer trade; (5) remove foreign policy constraints to maximize United States economic interests through agricultural trade; and (6) provide for consideration of United States agricultural trade interests in the de- sign of national fiscal and monetary policy that may foster continued strength in the value of the dollar. (Pub. L. 99–198, title XI, § 1121, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1480; Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 267, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 974.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the Food Security Act of 1985, and not as part of the Food for Peace Act which comprises this chapter. AMENDMENTS 1996—Pub. L. 104–127 struck out subsec. (a) which stated congressional findings regarding United States agricultural export policy, struck out subsec. designa- tion ‘‘(b)’’, and substituted pars. (1) to (4) for former pars. (1) to (4) which read as follows: ‘‘(1) provide through all means possible agricultural commodities and their products for export at competi- tive prices, with full assurance of quality and reli- ability of supply; ‘‘(2) support the principle of free trade and the pro- motion of fairer trade in agricultural commodities and their products; ‘‘(3) cooperate fully in all efforts to negotiate with foreign countries reductions in current barriers to fair trade; ‘‘(4) counter aggressively unfair foreign trade prac- tices using all available means, including export res- titution, export bonus programs, and, if necessary, re- strictions on United States imports of foreign agricul- tural commodities and their products, as a means to encourage fairer trade;’’. § 1736q. Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 268, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 975 Section, Pub. L. 99–198, title XI, § 1122, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1480, related to liberalization of agricultural trade policy. § 1736r. Trade negotiations policy (a) Findings Congress finds that— (1) on a level playing field, United States producers are the most competitive suppliers of agricultural products in the world; (2) exports of United States agricultural products accounted for $54,000,000,000 in 1995, contributing a net $24,000,000,000 to the mer- chandise trade balance of the United States and supporting approximately 1,000,000 jobs; (3) increased agricultural exports are critical to the future of the farm, rural, and overall United States economy, but the opportunities for increased agricultural exports are limited by the unfair subsidies of the competitors of the United States, and a variety of tariff and nontariff barriers to highly competitive United States agricultural products; (4) international negotiations can play a key role in breaking down barriers to United States agricultural exports; (5) the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agri- culture made significant progress in the at- tainment of increased market access opportu- nities for United States exports of agricultural products, for the first time— (A) restraining foreign trade-distorting do- mestic support and export subsidy programs; and (B) developing common rules for the appli- cation of sanitary and phytosanitary restric- tions; that should result in increased exports of United States agricultural products, jobs, and income growth in the United States; (6) the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agri- culture did not succeed in completely elimi- nating trade distorting domestic support and export subsidies by— (A) allowing the European Union to con- tinue unreasonable levels of spending on ex- port subsidies; and (B) failing to discipline monopolistic state trading entities, such as the Canadian Wheat Board, that use nontransparent and dis- criminatory pricing as a hidden de facto ex- port subsidy; (7) during the period 1996 through 2002, there will be several opportunities for the United