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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Trade Agreements Act of 1979 · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PURPOSES

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## SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PURPOSES ###
(a)Short Title This Act may be cited as the “Trade Agreements Act of 1979”.**[**[19 U.S.C. 2501](/us/usc/t19/s2501)**]** ###
(b)Table of Contents ###
(c)Purposes The purposes of this Act are— ####
(1)to approve and implement the trade agreements negotiated under the Trade Act of 1974; ####
(2)to foster the growth and maintenance of an open world trading system; ####
(3)to expand opportunities for the commerce of the United States in international trade; and ####
(4)to improve the rules of international trade and to provide for the enforcement of such rules, and for other purposes. **[**[19 U.S.C. 2502](/us/usc/t19/s2502)**]**
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