U.S. Code > Title 19 Customs Duties > CHAPTER 13—TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979 (§§ 2501—2582) > § 2502. Congressional statement of purposes

§ 2502. Congressional statement of purposes

The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to approve and implement the trade agreements negotiated under the Trade Act of 1974 [19 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.];
(2) to foster the growth and maintenance of an open world trading system;
(3) to expand opportunities for the commerce of the United States in international trade; and
(4) to improve the rules of international trade and to provide for the enforcement of such rules, and for other purposes.