Federal · Title 19 — Customs Duties
19 U.S.C. § 2502: Purposes
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to approve and implement the trade agreements negotiated under the Trade Act of 1974 [ 19 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.]; to foster the growth and maintenance of an open world trading system; to expand opportunities for the commerce of the United States in international trade; and to improve the rules of international trade and to provide for the enforcement of such rules, and for other purposes.
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