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[CITE: 15USC4711]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                     CHAPTER 73--EXPORT ENHANCEMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 4711. Country reports on economic policy and trade 
        practices
        
    The Secretary of State shall, not later than January 31 of each 
year, prepare and transmit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate, and to other appropriate committees of the Congress, a detailed 
report regarding the economic policy and trade practices of each country 
with which the United States has an economic or trade relationship. The 
Secretary may direct the appropriate officers of the Department of State 
who are serving overseas, in consultation with appropriate officers or 
employees of other departments and agencies of the United States, 
including the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Commerce, 
to coordinate the preparation of such information in a country as is 
necessary to prepare the report under this section. The report shall 
identify and describe, with respect to each country--
        (1) the macroeconomic policies of the country and their impact 
    on the overall growth in demand for United States exports;
        (2) the impact of macroeconomic and other policies on the 
    exchange rate of the country and the resulting impact on price 
    competitiveness of United States exports;
        (3) any change in structural policies (including tax incentives, 
    regulations governing financial institutions, production standards, 
    and patterns of industrial ownership) that may affect the country's 
    growth rate and its demand for United States exports;
        (4) the management of the country's external debt and its 
    implications for trade with the United States;
        (5) acts, policies, and practices that constitute significant 
    barriers to United States exports or foreign direct investment in 
    that country by United States persons, as identified under section 
    2241(a)(1) of title 19;
        (6) acts, policies, and practices that provide direct or 
    indirect government support for exports from that country, including 
    exports by small businesses;
        (7) the extent to which the country's laws and enforcement of 
    those laws afford adequate protection to United States intellectual 
    property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and mask works; 
    and
        (8) the country's laws, enforcement of those laws, and practices 
    with respect to internationally recognized worker rights (as defined 
    in section 2467(4) of title 19), the conditions of worker rights in 
    any sector which produces goods in which United States capital is 
    invested, and the extent of such investment.

(Pub. L. 100-418, title II, Sec. 2202, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1327; 
Pub. L. 104-188, title I, Sec. 1954(b)(2), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 
1928.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Par. (8). Pub. L. 104-188 substituted ``2467(4)'' for 
``2462(a)(4)''.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as 
referring to Committee on International Relations of House of 
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-188 applicable to articles entered on or 
after Oct. 1, 1996, with provisions relating to retroactive application, 
see section 1953 of Pub. L. 104-188, set out as an Effective Date note 
under section 2461 of Title 19, Customs Duties.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 22 section 5732.
