§ 2213. Reports
(a)
Annual report on trade agreements program and national trade policy agenda
(1)
The President shall submit to the Congress during each calendar year (but not later than March 1 of that year) a report on—
(2)
The report shall include, with respect to the matters referred to in paragraph (1)(A), information regarding—
(B)
changes made in duties and nontariff barriers and other distortions of trade of the United States;
(D)
changes in trade agreements (including the incorporation therein of actions taken for import relief and compensation provided therefor);
(E)
the extension or withdrawal of nondiscriminatory treatment by the United States with respect to the products of foreign countries;
(F)
the extension, modification, withdrawal, suspension, or limitation of preferential treatment to exports of developing countries;
(G)
the results of actions to obtain the removal of foreign trade restrictions (including discriminatory restrictions) against United States exports and the removal of foreign practices which discriminate against United States service industries (including transportation and tourism) and investment;
(I)
each of the referrals made under section
2171
(d)(1)(B) of this title and any action taken with respect to such referral;
(3)
(A)
The national trade policy agenda required under paragraph (1)(B) for the year in which a report is submitted shall be in the form of a statement of—
(i)
the trade policy objectives and priorities of the United States for the year, and the reasons therefor;
(ii)
the actions proposed, or anticipated, to be undertaken during the year to achieve such objectives and priorities, including, but not limited to, actions authorized under the trade laws and negotiations with foreign countries;
(B)
The President may separately submit any information referred to in subparagraph (A) to the Congress in confidence if the President considers confidentiality appropriate.
(C)
Before submitting the national trade policy agenda for any year, the President shall seek advice from the appropriate advisory committees established under section
2155 of this title and shall consult with the appropriate committees of the Congress.
(D)
The United States Trade Representative (hereafter referred to in this section as the “Trade Representative”) and other appropriate officials of the United States Government shall consult periodically with the appropriate committees of the Congress regarding the annual objectives and priorities set forth in each national trade policy agenda with respect to—
(b)
Annual trade projection report
(1)
In order for the Congress to be informed of the impact of foreign trade barriers and macroeconomic factors on the balance of trade of the United States, the Trade Representative and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly prepare and submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives (hereafter referred to in this subsection as the “Committees”) on or before March 1 of each year a report which consists of—
(A)
a review and analysis of—
of countries that are major trading partners of the United States, including, as appropriate, groupings of such countries;
(2)
To the extent that subjects referred to in paragraph (1)(A), (B), or (C) are covered in the national trade policy agenda required under subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section or in other reports required by this chapter or other law, the Trade Representative and the Secretary of the Treasury may, as appropriate, draw on the information, analysis, and conclusions, if any, in those reports for the purposes of preparing the report required by this subsection.
(3)
The Trade Representative and the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the preparation of each report required under this subsection.
(c)
ITC reports
The United States International Trade Commission shall submit to the Congress, at least once a year, a factual report on the operation of the trade agreements program.