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title: "19 U.S.C. § 1801"
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description: "Statement of purposes"
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title_number: 19
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title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
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chapter_number: "7"
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chapter_name: "TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM"
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section: "1801"
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# 19 U.S.C. § 1801 - Statement of purposes
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## Text
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The purposes of this chapter are, through trade agreements affording mutual trade benefits—
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(1) to stimulate the economic growth of the United States and maintain and enlarge foreign markets for the products of United States agriculture, industry, mining, and commerce;
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(2) to strengthen economic relations with foreign countries through the development of open and nondiscriminatory trading in the free world; and
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(3) to prevent Communist economic penetration.
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(Pub. L. 87–794, title I, § 102, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 872.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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References in TextThis chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 87–794, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of Pub. L. 87–794 to the Code, see Short Title note below and Tables.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Short TitlePub. L. 87–794, title I, § 101, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 872, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and section 1323 of this title, amending sections 1351 and 1352 of this title, and sections 172, 6501, and 6511 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, repealing sections 1352a and 1362 to 1365 of this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under section 1352 and former sections 1352a, 1362, and 1364 of this title, and under section 172 of Title 26, and amending provisions of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962, set out as a note preceding section 1202 of this title] may be cited as the “Trade Expansion Act of 1962’.”
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Abolition of Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations The legal authority for the establishment and operation of the Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations in the Executive Office of the President was changed by section 141 of the Trade Act of 1974, which is set out as section 2171 of this title. For abolition of the Office as established under Ex. Ord. No. 11075 [see below], and for establishment of the Office pursuant instead to the Trade Act of 1974, with provision for the transfer of assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, unexpended balances and funds, and personnel to the Office as established pursuant to statute rather than Ex. Ord. 11075, see section 2171 of this title.
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Executive Documents
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President’s Export CouncilFor provisions relating to establishment of President’s Export Council and the Council’s functions concerning export expansion, see Ex. Ord. No. 12131, May 4, 1979, 44 F.R. 26841, set out as a note under former section 4601 of Title 50, War and National Defense.
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Executive Order No. 11075 Ex. Ord. No. 11075, Jan. 15, 1963, 28 F.R. 473, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 11106, Apr. 18, 1963, 28 F.R. 3911; Ex. Ord. No. 11113, June 15, 1963, 28 F.R. 6183, which related to the administration of the trade agreements program, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 11846, Mar. 27, 1975, 40 F.R. 14291, set out under section 2111 of this title.
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