§ 1736p. — Trade policy declaration.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1736p]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 41--AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE
SUBCHAPTER IV--GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS
Sec. 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 expand exports of high value products;
(2) support the principle of free trade and the promotion of
fair trade in agricultural commodities 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 design of national fiscal and monetary policy
that may foster continued strength in the value of the dollar.
(Pub. L. 99-198, title XI, Sec. 1121, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1480; Pub.
L. 104-127, title II, Sec. 267, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 974.)
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Food Security Act of 1985, and
not as part of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of
1954 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. designation ``(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 competitive prices, with full assurance
of quality and reliability of supply;
``(2) support the principle of free trade and the promotion 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 practices using all
available means, including export restitution, export bonus programs,
and, if necessary, restrictions on United States imports of foreign
agricultural commodities and their products, as a means to encourage
fairer trade;''.
