19 U.S.C. § 2905
Accession of state trading regimes to General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or WTO
United States · Title 19 — CUSTOMS DUTIES · Status: effective
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- 19 U.S.C. § 2905, Accession of state trading regimes to General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or WTO, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/451001
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Before any major foreign country accedes, after August 23, 1988, to the GATT 1947, or to the WTO Agreement, the President shall determine—
whether state trading enterprises account for a significant share of—
whether such state trading enterprises—
If both of the determinations made under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) with respect to a major foreign country are affirmative—
the GATT 1947 or the WTO Agreement shall not apply between the United States and such major foreign country until—
such foreign country enters into an agreement with the United States providing that the state trading enterprises of such foreign country—
will—
Any draft of a bill described in paragraph (1) that is submitted by the President to the Congress shall—
The President shall publish in the Federal Register each determination made under subsection (a).
For purposes of this section:
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Uruguay Round Agreements Act
- Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1996House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally