19 USC § 2113 - Overall negotiating objective

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identifier: "/us/usc/t19/s2113"
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title: "19 USC § 2113 - Overall negotiating objective"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "2113"
section_name: "Overall negotiating objective"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "TRADE ACT OF 1974"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "NEGOTIATING AND OTHER AUTHORITY"
part_number: "1"
part_name: "Rates of Duty and Other Trade Barriers"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–618, title I, § 103, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1984.)"
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# § 2113. Overall negotiating objective

The overall United States negotiating objective under sections 2111 and 2112 of this title shall be to obtain more open and equitable market access and the harmonization, reduction, or elimination of devices which distort trade or commerce. To the maximum extent feasible, the harmonization, reduction, or elimination of agricultural trade barriers and distortions shall be undertaken in conjunction with the harmonization, reduction, or elimination of industrial trade barriers and distortions.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–618, title I, § 103, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1984.)