                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                CHAPTER 13--TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979
 
Sec. 2502. Congressional statement of purposes

    The purposes of this Act are--
        (1) to approve and implement the trade agreements negotiated 
    under the Trade Act of 1974 [19 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.];
        (2) to foster the growth and maintenance of an open world 
    trading system;
        (3) to expand opportunities for the commerce of the United 
    States in international trade; and
        (4) to improve the rules of international trade and to provide 
    for the enforcement of such rules, and for other purposes.

(Pub. L. 96-39, Sec. 1(c), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 146.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in provision preceding par. (1), is Pub. L. 
96-39, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 144, known as the Trade Agreements Act of 
1979. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
References in Text note set out under section 2501 of this title and 
Tables.
    The Trade Act of 1974, referred to in par. (1), is Pub. L. 93-618, 
Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1978, as amended, which is classified principally 
to chapter 12 (Sec. 2101 et seq.) of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see References in Text note set 
out under section 2101 of this title and Tables.
