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 PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

102 STAT. 1261

"(G) advise the President and Congress with respect to nontariff barriers to international trade, international commodity agreements, and other matters which are related to the trade £^eements programs; "(H) be responsible for making reports to Congress with respect to matters referred to in subparagraphs (C) and (F); "(I) be chairman of the interagency trade organization established under section 242(a) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and shall consult with and be advised by such organization in the performance of his functions; and "(J) in addition to those functions that are delegated to the United States Trade Representative as of the date of the enactment of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, be responsible for such other functions as the President may direct"; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: "(2) It is the sense of Congress that the United States Trade Representative should— "(A) be the senior representative on any body that the President may establish for the purpose of providing to the President advice on overall economic policies in which international trade matters predominate; and "(B) be included as a participant in all economic summit and other international meetings at which international trade is a major topic", (b) UNFAIR TRADE

PRACTICES.—Such

section

141 is further

amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: "(d)(1) In canning out subsection (c) with respect to unfair trade practices, the United States Trade Representative shall— "(A) coordinate the application of interagency resources to specific unfair trade practice cases; "(B) identify, and refer to the appropriate Federal department or agency for consideration with respect to action, each act, policy, or practice referred to in the report required under section 181(b), or otherwise known to the United States Trade Representative on the basis of other available information, that may be an unfair trade practice that either— "(i) is considered to be inconsistent with the provisions of any trade agreement and has a significant adverse impact on United States commerce, or "(ii) has a significant adverse impact on domestic firms or industries that are either too smsdl or finemcially weak to initiate proceedings under the trade laws; "(C) identify practices having a significant adverse impact on United States commerce that the attainment of United States negotiating objectives would eliminate; and "(D) identify, on a biennial basis, those United States Government policies and practices that, if engaged in by a foreign government, might constitute unfair trade practices under United States law.

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