§ 5202. — Policy.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC5202]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 83--AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS AND TRADE
SUBCHAPTER I--FINDINGS, POLICY, AND PURPOSE
Sec. 5202. Policy
It is the policy of the United States--
(1) to provide, through all possible means, agricultural
commodities and products for export at competitive prices, with full
assurance of quality and reliability of supply;
(2) to support the principle of free trade and the promotion of
fair trade in agricultural commodities and products;
(3) to support fully the negotiating objectives set forth in
section 2901(b) of title 19 to eliminate or reduce substantially
constraints on fair and open trade in agricultural commodities and
products;
(4) to use statutory authority to counter unfair foreign trade
practices and to use all available means, including export promotion
programs, and, if necessary, restrictions on United States imports
of agricultural commodities and products, in order to encourage fair
and open trade; and
(5) to provide for increased representation of United States
agricultural trade interests in the formulation of national fiscal
and monetary policy affecting trade.
(Pub. L. 100-418, title IV, Sec. 4102, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1390.)
