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§ 2502. 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.
(Pub. L. 96–39, § 1(c), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 146.)