19 USC § 1801 - Statement of purposes

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title: "19 USC § 1801 - Statement of purposes"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "1801"
section_name: "Statement of purposes"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–794, title I, § 102, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 872.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–794, title I, § 102, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 872.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of  to the Code, see Short Title note below and Tables.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This Act [enacting this chapter and
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> , 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
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> , and amending provisions of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962, set out as a note preceding
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> ] may be cited as the “Trade Expansion Act of 1962’.”

, , , provided that:

### 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 . 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 .

## Executive Documents

### 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, , 44 F.R. 26841, set out as a note under former , War and National Defense.

### Executive Order No. 11075

Ex. Ord. No. 11075, , 28 F.R. 473, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 11106, , 28 F.R. 3911; Ex. Ord. No. 11113, , 28 F.R. 6183, which related to the administration of the trade agreements program, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 11846, , 40 F.R. 14291, set out under .