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PUBLIC LAW 93-618-JAN. 3, 1975

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(3) advice on other factors relevant to positions of the United States in trade negotiations. (e)(1) The Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations, each P rReports, to e s i d e n t Conappropriate policy advisory committee, and each sector advisory com- g r e s s, and Special Re resen mittee, if the sector which such committee represents is affected, shall for pTrade t a t i v e Negomeet at the conclusion of negotiations for each trade agreement entered t i a t i o n s. into under this Act, to provide to the President, to Congress, and to the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations a report on such agreement. The report of the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and each appropriate policy advisory committee shall include an advisory opinion as to whether and to what extent the agreement promotes the economic interests of the United States and the report of the appropriate sector committee shall include an advisory opinion as to whether the agreement provides for equity and reciprocity within the sector. (2) The Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations, each policy g report to Coness. advisory committee, and each sector advisory committee shall issue a report to the Congress as soon as is practical after the end of the period which ends 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act. The report of the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and each policy advisory committee shall include an advisory opinion as to whether and to what extent trade agreements entered into under this Act, taken as a whole, serve the economic interests of the United States. The report of each sector advisory committee shall include an advisory opinion on the degree to which trade agreements entered into under this Act which affect the sector represented by each such committee, taken as a whole, provide for equity and reciprocity within that sector. (f) The provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public 5 USC app. L Law 92-463) shall apply— (1) to the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations established pursuant to subsection (b); and (2) to all other advisory committees which may be established pursuant to subsection (c); except that the meetings of advisory groups established under subsection (c) shall be exempt from the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of section 10 and section 11 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (relating to open meetings, public notice, public participation, and public availability of documents), whenever and to the extent it is determined by the President or his designee that such meetings will be concerned with matters the disclosure of which would seriously compromise the Government's negotiating objectives or bargaining positions on the negotiation of any trade agreement. (g)(1)(A) Trade secrets and commercial or financial information confidimfaf in. which is privileged or confidential, submitted in confidence by the formation. private sector to officers or employees of the United States in connection with trade negotiations, shall not be disclosed to any person other than to— (i) officers and employees of the United States designated by the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, and (ii) members of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate who are accredited as official advisers under section 161 (a) or are designated by the chairman of either such committee under section 161(b)(2), and members of the staff of either such Post, p. 2008, committee designated by the chairman under section 161(b)(2), for use in connection with negotiation of a trade agreement referred to in section 101 or 102.

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