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Code · U.S. Code · Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES · CHAPTER 13— TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979 · § 2502

§ 2502. Purposes

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The purposes of this Act are—
(1)to approve and implement the trade agreements negotiated under the Trade Act of 1974 [19 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.];
(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.
(Pub. L. 96–39, § 1(c), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 146.)
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  • Pub. L. 96–39, § 1(c)
  • 93 Stat. 146
  • Pub. L. 96–39
  • 93 Stat. 144
  • Pub. L. 93–618
  • 88 Stat. 1978
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