19 USC 4374 - Cooperation with foreign countries on preventing evasion of trade remedy laws

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

Cooperation with foreign countries on preventing evasion of trade remedy laws

(a)

Bilateral agreements

(1)

In general

(2)

Provisions and authorities

The Secretary shall seek to include in each such bilateral agreement the following provisions and authorities:

(A)

On the request of the importing country, the exporting country shall provide, consistent with its laws, regulations, and procedures, production, trade, and transit documents and other information necessary to determine whether an entry or entries exported from the exporting country are subject to the importing country’s trade remedy laws.

(B)

On the written request of the importing country, the exporting country shall conduct a verification for purposes of enabling the importing country to make a determination described in subparagraph (A).

(C)

The exporting country may allow the importing country to participate in a verification described in subparagraph (B), including through a site visit.

(D)

If the exporting country does not allow participation of the importing country in a verification described in subparagraph (B), the importing country may take this fact into consideration in its trade enforcement and compliance assessment activities regarding the compliance of the exporting country’s exports with the importing country’s trade remedy laws.

(b)

Consideration

(c)

Report

Not later than December 31 of each calendar year beginning after February 24, 2016, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report summarizing—

(1)

the status of any ongoing negotiations of bilateral agreements described in subsection (a), including the identities of the countries involved in such negotiations;

(2)

the terms of any completed bilateral agreements described in subsection (a); and

(3)

bilateral cooperation and other activities conducted pursuant to or enabled by any completed bilateral agreements described in subsection (a).

(Pub. L. 114–125, title IV, § 414, Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 160; Pub. L. 116–113, title IV, § 401, Jan. 29, 2020, 134 Stat. 61.)

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