7 U.S.C. § 5602
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As used in this chapter—
- (1)The term “agricultural commodity” means any agricultural commodity, food, feed, fiber, or livestock (including livestock as it is defined in section 1471(2) of this title and insects), and any product thereof.
- (2)The term “developing country” means a country that—
- (3)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
- (4)The term “Service” means the Foreign Agricultural Service of the Department of Agriculture.
- (5)
- (A)Subject to subparagraph (B), the term “unfair trade practice” means any act, policy, or practice of a foreign country that—
- (i)violates, or is inconsistent with, the provisions of, or otherwise denies benefits to the United States under, any trade agreement to which the United States is a party;
- (ii)in the case of a monopolistic state trading enterprise engaged in the export sale of an agricultural commodity, implements a pricing practice that is inconsistent with sound commercial practice;
- (iii)provides a subsidy that—
- (iv)imposes an unfair technical barrier to trade, including—
- (I)a trade restriction or commercial requirement (such as a labeling requirement) that adversely affects a new technology (including biotechnology); and
- (II)an unjustified sanitary or phytosanitary restriction (including any restriction that, in violation of the Uruguay Round Agreements, is not based on scientific principles; 1 So in original. There probably should be a closing parenthesis.
- (v)imposes a rule that unfairly restricts imports of United States agricultural commodities in the administration of tariff rate quotas; or
- (vi)fails to adhere to, or circumvents any obligation under, any provision of a trade agreement with the United States.
- (B)Nothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize the Secretary to make any determination regarding an unfair trade practice that is inconsistent with section 2411 of title 19.
- (A)Subject to subparagraph (B), the term “unfair trade practice” means any act, policy, or practice of a foreign country that—
- (6)The term “United States” includes each of the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States.
- (7)The term “United States agricultural commodity” means—For purposes of this paragraph, fish entirely produced in the United States include fish harvested by a documented fishing vessel as defined in title 46 in waters that are not waters (including the territorial sea) of a foreign country.
- (8)The term “independent states of the former Soviet Union” means the following: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.