§ 1801. — Statement of purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 19USC1801]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER 7--TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1801. Statement of purposes
The purposes of this chapter are, through trade agreements affording
mutual trade benefits--
(1) to stimulate the economic growth of the United States and
maintain and enlarge foreign markets for the products of United
States agriculture, industry, mining, and commerce;
(2) to strengthen economic relations with foreign countries
through the development of open and nondiscriminatory trading in the
free world; and
(3) to prevent Communist economic penetration.
(Pub. L. 87-794, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 872.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'',
meaning Pub. L. 87-794, which is classified principally to this chapter.
For complete classification of Pub. L. 87-794 to the Code, see Short
Title note below and Tables.
Short Title
Section 101 of Pub. L. 87-794 provided that: ``This Act [enacting
this chapter and section 1323 of this title, amending sections 1351 and
1352 of this title, and sections 172, 6501, and 6511 of Title 26,
Internal Revenue Code, repealing sections 1352a and 1362 to 1365 of this
title, enacting provisions set out as notes under section 1352 and
former sections 1352a, 1362, and 1364 of this title, and under section
172 of Title 26, and amending provisions of the Tariff Classification
Act of 1962, set out as a note preceding section 1202 of this title] may
be cited as the ``Trade Expansion Act of 1962'.''
Abolition of Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
The legal authority for the establishment and operation of the
Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations in the
Executive Office of the President was changed by section 141 of the
Trade Act of 1974, which is set out as section 2171 of this title. For
abolition of the Office as established under Ex. Ord. No. 11075 [see
below], and for establishment of the Office pursuant instead to the
Trade Act of 1974, with provision for the transfer of assets,
liabilities, contracts, property, records, unexpended balances and
funds, and personnel to the Office as established pursuant to statute
rather than Ex. Ord. 11075, see section 2171 of this title.
President's Export Council
For provisions relating to establishment of President's Export
Council and the Council's functions concerning export expansion, see Ex.
Ord. No. 12131, May 4, 1979, 44 F.R. 26841, set out as a note under
section 2401 of Title 50, Appendix, War and National Defense.
Executive Order No. 11075
Ex. Ord. No. 11075, Jan. 15, 1963, 28 F.R. 473, as amended by Ex.
Ord. No. 11106, Apr. 18, 1963, 28 F.R. 3911; Ex. Ord. No. 11113, June
15, 1963, 28 F.R. 6183, which related to the administration of the trade
agreements program, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 11846, Mar. 27, 1975, 40
F.R. 14291, set out under section 2111 of this title.
