Sec. 4. Definitions
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In this Act: The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. The term Commission means the United States International Trade Commission. The term ministerial change , with respect to a trade agreement, means a change to address a clerical, typographical, or grammatical error and does not include any change that would change the intended rights or obligations of a party to the trade agreement.
The term official advisor means a person accredited by the Trade Representative on behalf of the President as an official adviser to the United States delegations to international conferences, meetings, and negotiating sessions relating to international trade negotiations, and who may attend any portion of those negotiations. The term COVID–19 pandemic means the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID–19) that was declared by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, to be a pandemic.
The term state sponsor of terrorism means a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined is a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism, for purposes of— section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 ( 50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A)(i) ); section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2371 ); section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2780(d) ); or any other provision of law.
The term trade agreement means any trade agreement to which the United States is a party that has been approved by Congress, including the TRIPS Agreement. The term Trade Representative means the United States Trade Representative. The term TRIPS Agreement means the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights referred to in section 101(d)(15) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act ( 19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(15) ). The term TRIPS waiver means any waiver of an obligation imposed on members of the World Trade Organization under the TRIPS Agreement.
The terms World Trade Organization , WTO , and WTO Agreement have the meanings given those terms in section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act ( 19 U.S.C. 3501 ).
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