19 USC 4210 - Definitions

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§ 4210.

Definitions

In this chapter:

(1)

Agreement on Agriculture

(2)

Agreement on Safeguards

(3)

Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

(4)

Antidumping Agreement

(5)

Appellate Body

(6)

Common multilateral environmental agreement

(A)

In general

(B)

Agreements specified

The agreements specified in this subparagraph are the following:

(i)

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, done at Washington March 3, 1973 (27 UST 1087; TIAS 8249).

(ii)

The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, done at Montreal September 16, 1987.

(iii)

The Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, done at London February 17, 1978.

(iv)

The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, done at Ramsar February 2, 1971 (TIAS 11084).

(v)

The Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, done at Canberra May 20, 1980 (33 UST 3476).

(vi)

The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, done at Washington December 2, 1946 (62 Stat. 1716).

(vii)

The Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, done at Washington May 31, 1949 (1 UST 230).

(C)

Additional agreements

(7)

Core labor standards

The term “core labor standards” means—

(A)

freedom of association;

(B)

the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining;

(C)

the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labor;

(D)

the effective abolition of child labor and a prohibition on the worst forms of child labor; and

(E)

the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.

(8)

Dispute Settlement Understanding

(9)

Enabling Clause

(10)

Environmental laws

(11)

GATT 1994

(12)

General Agreement on Trade in Services

(13)

Government Procurement Agreement

(14)

ILO

(15)

Import sensitive agricultural product

The term “import sensitive agricultural product” means an agricultural product—

(A)

with respect to which, as a result of the Uruguay Round Agreements, the rate of duty was the subject of tariff reductions by the United States and, pursuant to such Agreements, was reduced on January 1, 1995, to a rate that was not less than 97.5 percent of the rate of duty that applied to such article on December 31, 1994; or

(B)

which was subject to a tariff rate quota on June 29, 2015.

(16)

Information Technology Agreement

(17)

Internationally recognized core labor standards

(18)

Labor laws

(19)

United States person

The term “United States person” means—

(A)

a United States citizen;

(B)

a partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that is organized under the laws of the United States; and

(C)

a partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that is organized under the laws of a foreign country and is controlled by entities described in subparagraph (B) or United States citizens, or both.

(20)

Uruguay Round Agreements

(21)

World Trade Organization; WTO

(22)

WTO Agreement

(23)

WTO member

(Pub. L. 114–26, title I, § 111, June 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 358.)

cite as: 19 USC 4210