Proposed Reorganization of U.S. International Trade Relief Laws. InvestigationNo. 332-341. December 1993

摘要

This proposed reorganization of U.S. international trade relief laws wasrequested by the House Committee on Ways and Means under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. section 1332(g)) in a letter dated December 16, 1992. The Committee's letter requested that the Commission conduct a study and prepare a report concerning the proposed reorganization of U.S. trade relief laws under which tariffs (including countervailing and antidumping duties) or quantitative of other import restrictions may be imposed (other than the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS)). The Committee letter also indicated that the Commission proposals should seek to achieve the following objectives: (1) the logical and accessible arrangement of the law; (2) the elimination of duplicative provisions; and (3) elimination or simplication of anomalous or illogical provisions, to the extent possible without substantive or procedural changes to the existing provision of law. The Committee also indicated that the Commission study not include the customs laws administered by the U.S Customs Service or the laws governing the administration of the Commission or the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR).