Trade agreement negotiating authority

Whenever the President determines that one or more existing duties or other import restrictions of any foreign country or the United States are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States and that the purposes, policies, and objectives of this title will be promoted thereby, the President— may, subject to paragraphs (2) through (5), proclaim— No proclamation may be made under subsection (a) that— If the President determines that such action will simplify the computation of reductions under paragraph (3), the President may round an annual reduction by the lesser of— Whenever the President determines that any barrier to, or other distortion of, international trade— A trade agreement may be entered into under paragraph (1) with any foreign country only if— the President, at least 60 days before the date notice is provided under section 2903(a)(1)(A) of this title— Before the President enters into any trade agreement under subsection (b) or (c), the President shall consult with— The consultation under paragraph (1) shall include— Notwithstanding the time limitations in subsections (a) and (b), if the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade has not resulted in trade agreements by May 31, 1993, the President may, during the period after May 31, 1993, and before April 16, 1994, enter into, under subsections (a) and (b) of this section, trade agreements resulting from such negotiations. No proclamation under subsection (a) to carry out the provisions regarding tariff barriers of a trade agreement that is entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) may take effect before the effective date of a bill that implements the provisions regarding nontariff barriers of a trade agreement that is entered into under such paragraph. Section 2903 of this title applies to any trade agreement negotiated under subsection (b) pursuant to paragraph (1), except that— The report required under section 2155(e)(1) of this title regarding any trade agreement provided for under paragraph (1) shall be provided to the President, the Congress, and the United States Trade Representative not later than 30 days after the date on which the President notifies the Congress under section 2903(a)(1)(A) of this title of his intention to enter into the agreement (but before January 15, 1994).