19 USC § 4588 - Treatment of amendments to antidumping and countervailing duty law

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title: "19 USC § 4588 - Treatment of amendments to antidumping and countervailing duty law"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "4588"
section_name: "Treatment of amendments to antidumping and countervailing duty law"
chapter_number: 29
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES–MEXICO–CANADA AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTIES"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Dispute Settlement"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 116–113, title IV, § 418, formerly Pub. L. 103–182, title IV, § 408, Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2140; renumbered § 418 of Pub. L. 116–113 and amended Pub. L. 116–113, title V, § 504(i), Jan. 29, 2020, 134 Stat. 76.)"
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# § 4588. Treatment of amendments to antidumping and countervailing duty law

Any amendment enacted after the USMCA that is made to—

**1** section 303 [^1] or title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 [19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.], or any successor statute, or

See References in Text note below.

**(2)** any other statute which—

**(A)** provides for judicial review of final determinations under such section, title, or successor statute, or

**(B)** indicates the standard of review to be applied,

shall apply to goods from a USMCA country only to the extent specified in the amendment.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 116–113, title IV, § 418, formerly Pub. L. 103–182, title IV, § 408, Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2140; renumbered § 418 of Pub. L. 116–113 and amended Pub. L. 116–113, title V, § 504(i), Jan. 29, 2020, 134 Stat. 76.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Tariff Act of 1930, referred to in par. (1), is , . Title VII of the Act is classified generally to subtitle IV (§ 1671 et seq.) of chapter 4 of this title. Section 303 of the Act was classified to  and was repealed, effective , by , , . For savings provisions and treatment of references to section 1303 in other laws, see section 261(b), (d)(1)(C) of , set out as notes under former . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to renumbering by .

### Amendments

2020—, substituted “the USMCA” for “the Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States” in introductory provisions and “USMCA country” for “NAFTA country” in concluding provisions.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2020 Amendment

Transfer to and amendment of this section by  effective on the date on which the USMCA enters into force (), but not applicable to certain determinations under  or binational panel reviews under NAFTA, see , set out as a note under .

### Application of Amendments by Public Law 114–27 to Goods From Canada and Mexico

> “Pursuant to article 1902 of the North American Free Trade Agreement and section 408 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act ([former]
> 
> ), the amendments made by this title [see Short Title of 2015 Amendment note set out under
> 
> ] shall apply with respect to goods from Canada and Mexico.”

, , , provided that:

### Application of Amendments by Public Law 103–465 to Goods From Canada and Mexico

> “Pursuant to article 1902 of the North American Free Trade Agreement and section 408 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act [former
> 
> ], the amendments made by this title [see Tables for classification] shall apply with respect to goods from Canada and Mexico.”

, , , provided that: