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 98 STAT. 3042 Ante, p. 3036.

Report.

PUBLIC LAW 98-573—OCT. 30, 1984

value under section 773 (19 U.S.C. 1677b) in determining antidumping duties. The study shall include, but not be limited to— (1) a review of the types of adjustments currently being made; (2) a review of private sector comments and recommendations regarding the subject that were made at congressional hearings during the first session of the Ninety-eighth Congress; and (3) the manner and extent to which such adjustments lead to inequitable results. Within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall complete the study required under this section and shall submit to Congress a written report regarding the study and containing such recommendations as the Secretary deems appropriate regarding the need, and the means, for simplifying and modifying current practices in the making of such adjustments. SEC. 625. INDUSTRIAL TARGETING STUDIES.

19 USC 1671.

19 USC 1671 note.

19 USC 1671, 1673.

19 USC 1671. 19 USC 1671a, 1673a.

The Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, the United States Trade Representative, and the Comptroller General of the United States shall each undertake, and submit to the Congress not later than June 1, 1985, a comprehensive study of the problem of foreign industrial targeting, whereby foreign governments adopt plans or schemes of coordinated activities to foster and benefit specific industries, and of the desirability or need to amend the United States trade laws in order to provide effective remedies for domestic industries against the adverse effects of such targeting. To the extent consistent with agency jurisdiction, such studies shall include, but are not limited to— (1) an analysis of^ (A) whether foreign industrial targeting should be considered as an unfair trade practice under United States law; (B) whether current law, including the remedies under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930, adequately address the subsidy element of foreign industrial policy measures; and (C) the extent to which foreign industrial targeting practices are significantly affecting United States commerce; and (2) any recommended legislation considered necessary based on the study results. SEC. 626. EFFECTIVE DATES.

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), this Act, and the amendments made by it, shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (b)(1) The amendments made by sections 602, 609, 611, 612, and 620 shall apply with respect to investigations initiated by petition or by the administering authority under subtitles A and B of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 on or after such effective date. (2) The amendments made by section 623 shall apply with respect to civil actions pending on, or filed on or after, the date of the enactment of this Act. (c)(1) No provision of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 shall be interpreted to prevent the refiling of a petition under section 702 or 732 of that title that was filed before the date of the enactment of this title, if the purpose of such refiling is to avail the petitioner of the amendment made by section 612(a)(1).

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