Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 3.djvu/635

 PUBLIC LAW 98-573—OCT. 30, 1984

98 STAT. 3007

"(A) to reduce or to eliminate barriers to, or other distortions of, international trade in services (particularly United States service sector trade in foreign markets), including barriers that deny national treatment and restrictions on the establishment and operation in such markets; and "(B) to develop internationaly agreed rules, including dispute settlement procedures, which— "(i) are consistent with the commercial policies of the United States, and "(ii) will reduce or eliminate such barriers or distortions and help ensure open international trade in services. "(2) DOMESTIC OBJECTIVES.—In pursuing the objectives described in paragraph (1), United States negotiators shall take into account legitimate United States domestic objectives including, but not limited to, the protection of legitimate health or safety, essential security, environmental, consumer or employment opportunity interests and the laws and regulations related thereto. "(b) FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.—Principal United States negotiating objectives under section 102 shall be— "(A) to reduce or to eliminate artificial or trade-distorting barriers to foreign direct investment, to expand the principle of national treatment, and to reduce unreasonable barriers to establishment; and "(B) to develop internationaly agreed rules, including dispute settlement procedures, which— "(i) will help ensure a free flow of foreign direct investment, and "(ii) will reduce or eliminate the trade distortive effects of certain investment related measures. "(2) DOMESTIC OBJECTIVES.—In pursuing the objectives described in paragraph (1), United States negotiators shall take into account legitimate United States domestic objectives including, but not limited to, the protection of legitimate health or safety, essential security, environmental, consumer or employment opportunity interests and the laws and regulations related thereto. "(c) HIGH TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS.—Principal United States negotiating objectives shall be— "(1) to obtain and preserve the maximum openness with respect to international trade and investment in high technology products and related services; "(2) to obtain the elimination or reduction of, or compensation for, the significantly distorting effects of foreign government acts, policies, or practices identified in section 181, with particular consideration given to the nature and extent of foreign government intervention affecting United States exports of high technology products or investments in high technology industries, including— "(A) foreign industrial policies which distort international trade or investment; "(B) measures which deny national treatment or otherwise discriminate in favor of domestic high technology industries;

19 USC 2112.

Ante, p. 3001.

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