19 USC 2251 - Action to facilitate positive adjustment to import competition

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§ 2251.

Action to facilitate positive adjustment to import competition

(a)

Presidential action

(b)

Positive adjustment to import competition

(1)

For purposes of this part, a positive adjustment to import competition occurs when—

(A)

the domestic industry—

(i)

is able to compete successfully with imports after actions taken under section 2254 of this title terminate, or

(ii)

the domestic industry experiences an orderly transfer of resources to other productive pursuits; and

(B)

dislocated workers in the industry experience an orderly transition to productive pursuits.

(2)

The domestic industry may be considered to have made a positive adjustment to import competition even though the industry is not of the same size and composition as the industry at the time the investigation was initiated under section 2252(b) of this title.

(Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 201, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2011; Pub. L. 96–39, title I, § 106(b)(3), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 193; Pub. L. 98–573, title II, § 249, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2998; Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1401(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1225.)

cite as: 19 USC 2251