[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR2001.3]



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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

      CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

 

PART 2001_CREATION, ORGANIZATION, AND FUNCTIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 2001.3  Functions.



    (a) The Trade Representative:

    (1) Except where otherwise provided by statute, Executive order, or 

instructions of the President, is the chief representative of the United 

States for each negotiation under the trade agreements program as 

defined in section 1 of Executive Order 11846, and participates in other 

negotiations which may have a direct and significant impact on trade;

    (2) Reports directly to the President and the Congress, and is 

responsible to the President and the Congress, with respect to the 

administration of the trade agreements program as defined in section 1 

of Executive Order 11846;



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    (3) Advises the President and the Congress with respect to tariff 

and nontariff barriers to international trade, international commodity 

agreements, and other matters which are related to the trade agreements 

program;

    (4) Performs the functions of the President under section 102 of the 

Trade Act concerning notice to, and consultation with, Congress, in 

connection with agreements on nontariff barriers to, and other 

distortions of, trade, and prepares for the President's transmission to 

Congress all proposed legislation and other documents necessary or 

appropriate for the implementation of, or otherwise required in 

connection with, trade agreements (except that where implementation of 

an agreement on nontariff barriers to, and other distortions of trade 

requires a change in a domestic law, the department or agency having the 

pri mary interest in the administration of such domestic law prepares 

and transmits to the Trade Representative any proposed legislation 

necessary for such implementation);

    (5) Is responsible for making reports to Congress with respect to 

the matters set forth in paragraphs (a) (1) and (2) of this section and 

prepares, for the President's transmission to Congress, the annual 

report on the trade agreements program required by section 163(a) of the 

Trade Act ;

    (6) Is chairman of the Trade Policy Committee, and designates the 

chairman of the Trade Policy Committee Review Group and the Trade Policy 

Staff Committee, which are provided for in part 2002 of these 

regulations;

    (7) Is responsible for the preparation and submission of any 

Proclamation which relates wholly or primarily to the trade agreements 

program;

    (8) Performs the functions of the President under section 131(c) of 

the Trade Act concerning requests for, and receipt of, advice from the 

International Trade Commission with respect to modifications of barriers 

to (and other distortions of) international trade;

    (9) Performs the functions of the President under section 132 of the 

Trade Act with respect to advice of departments of the Federal 

government and other sources, and under section 133 of the Trade Act 

with respect to certain public hearings;

    (10) Performs the functions of the President under section 135 of 

the Trade Act with respect to advisory committees, (including functions 

under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App. 1, 

which are applicable to such committees, except that of reporting 

annually to Congress), and, acting through the Secretaries of Commerce, 

Labor, and Agriculture, as appropriate, performs the functions of the 

President in establishing and organizing general policy advisory 

committees and sector advisory committees under section 135(c) of the 

Trade Act;

    (11) Determines ad valorem amounts and equivalents pursuant to 

sections 601 (3) and (4) of the Trade Act, taking into account advice 

from the International Trade Commission and in consultation with the 

Trade Policy Committee;

    (12) Requests, where appropriate, information from the International 

Trade Commission in connection with import relief findings or actions 

under sections 202(d) and 203(i) (1) and (2) of the Trade Act;

    (13) Acting through the Section 301 Committee provided for in Sec. 

2002.3 of this chapter as appropriate, provides opportunities for the 

presentation of views under sections 301(d) and 301(e) of the Trade Act, 

with respect to certain foreign restrictions, acts, practices or 

policies and United States actions in response thereto;

    (14) At the request of a complainant, made in accordance with Sec. 

2003.3 of these regulations, under section 301(d)(2) of the Trade Act, 

or of an interested person under section 301(e)(2), provides for 

appropriate public hearings by the Trade Policy Staff Committee on 

alleged foreign restrictions, acts, policies, or practices under section 

301(d)(2), and on any action by the United States with respect to the 

import treatment of any foreign product or the treatment of any foreign 

service under section 301(e)(2);

    (15) Requests, where appropriate, the views of the International 

Trade Commission as to the probable impact on the economy of the United 

States of



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any action under section 301(a) of the Trade Act;

    (16) Is responsible, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 

for the administration of the generalized system of preferences under 

Title V of the Trade Act;

    (17) Is responsible for such other functions as the President may 

direct.

    (b)(1) Each Deputy Trade Representative shall have as his principal 

function the conduct of trade negotiations under this Act, and shall 

have such other functions as the Trade Representative may direct;

    (2) A Deputy Trade Representative, designated by the Trade 

Representative, is chairman of the Trade Policy Committee Review Group 

provided for in Sec. 2002.1;

    (3) A Deputy Trade Representative, designated by the Trade 

Representative, is chairman of the Adjustment Assistance Coordinating 

Committee established by section 281 of the Trade Act.



[40 FR 18419, Apr. 28, 1975, as amended at 40 FR 39497, Aug. 28, 1975]