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22 USC § 6903 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s6903"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 6903 - Definitions"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "6903"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 77
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES-CHINA RELATIONS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–286, div. B, title II, § 204, Oct. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 894.)"
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# § 6903. Definitions

In this chapter:

**(1)** **Dispute Settlement Understanding** section 3511(d)(16) of title 19

The term “Dispute Settlement Understanding” means the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes referred to in .

**(2)** **Government of the People’s Republic of China** The term “Government of the People’s Republic of China” means the central Government of the People’s Republic of China and any other governmental entity, including any provincial, prefectural, or local entity and any enterprise that is controlled by the central Government or any such governmental entity or as to which the central Government or any such governmental entity is entitled to receive a majority of the profits.

**(3)** **Internationally recognized worker rights** section 2467(4) of title 19section 2467(6) of title 19

The term “internationally recognized worker rights” has the meaning given that term in  and includes the right to the elimination of the “worst forms of child labor”, as defined in .

**(4)** **Trade Representative** The term “Trade Representative” means the United States Trade Representative.

**(5)** **WTO; World Trade Organization** The terms “WTO” and “World Trade Organization” mean the organization established pursuant to the WTO Agreement.

**(6)** **WTO Agreement** April 15, 1994

The term “WTO Agreement” means the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization entered into on .

**(7)** **WTO member** section 3501(10) of title 19

The term “WTO member” has the meaning given that term in .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–286, div. B, title II, § 204, Oct. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 894.)