§ 2803. — Designation of major wine trading countries.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 19USC2803]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER 16--WINE TRADE
Sec. 2803. Designation of major wine trading countries
(a) The Trade Representative shall designate as a major wine trading
country each foreign country, or group of foreign countries represented
as an economic union, that, in the judgment of the Trade
Representative--
(1) is a potential significant market for United States wine;
and
(2) maintains tariff barriers or nontariff barriers to (or other
distortions of) trade in United States wine.
(b) In deciding, for purposes of subsection (a)(2) of this section,
whether a foreign country or group of countries maintains nontariff
barriers to (or other distortions of) trade in United States wine, the
Trade Representative shall take into account--
(1) the review and report required under section 854(a) of the
Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2135 note);
(2) such relevant actions that may have been taken by that
country or group since that review was conducted; and
(3) such information as may be submitted under section 2805 of
this title by representatives of the wine and grape products
industries in the United States, as well as other sources.
(Pub. L. 98-573, title IX, Sec. 904, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3048.)
References in Text
Section 854(a) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, referred to in
subsec. (b)(1), is section 854(a) of Pub. L. 96-39, title VIII, July 26,
1979, 93 Stat. 294, which is set out as a note under section 2135 of
this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 2802, 2805 of this title.
