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 102 STAT. 1152

PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988 (3) such other matters as the Commission considers to be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes enumerated in the Preamble to the Convention.

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SEC. 1208. IMPORT AND EXPORT STATISTICS.

19^1JS^3008

'^^ Secretary of Commerce shall compile, and make publicly available, the import and export trade statistics of the United States. Such statistics shall be conformed to the nomenclature of the Convention.

19 USC 3009.

SEC. 1209. COORDINATION OF TRADE POLICY AND THE CONVENTION.

The United States Trade Representative is responsible for coordination of United States trade policy in relation to the Convention. Before formulating any United States position with respect to the Convention, including any proposed amendments thereto, the United States Trade Representative shall seek, and consider, information and advice from interested parties in the private sector (including a functional advisory committee) and from interested Federal agencies. 19 USC 3010.

SEC. 1210. UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION ON THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL REGARDING THE CONVENTION. (a) PRINCIPAL UNITED STATES AGENCIES.—

(1) Subject to the policy direction of the Office of the United States Trade Representative under section 1209, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Commerce, and the Commission shall, with respect to the activities of the Customs Cooperation Council relating to the Convention— (A) be primarily responsible for formulating United States Government positions on technical and procedural issues; and (B) represent the United States Government. (2) The Department of Agriculture and other interested Federal agencies shall provide to the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Commerce, and the Commission technical advice and assistance relating to the functions referred to in paragraph (1). (b) DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL PROPOSALS.—

(1) In connection with responsibilities arising from the implementation of the Convention and under section 484(e) of the programs for the development of adequate and comparable statistical information on merchandise trade, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Commission shall prepare technical proposals that are appropriate or required to assure that the United States contribution to the development of the Convention recognizes the needs of the United States business community for a Convention which reflects sound principles of commodity identification, modern producing methods, and current trading patterns and practices. (2) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Commission shall— (A) solicit and consider the views of interested parties in the private sector (including a functional advisory committee) and of interested Federal agencies; (B) establish procedures for reviewing, and developing appropriate responses to, inquiries and complaints from
 * Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1484(e)) regarding United States

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