§1736r. Agricultural trade consultations

(a) Effectuation of purposes by Secretary of Agriculture in coordination with United States Trade Representative

To improve the orderly marketing of United States agricultural commodities, to achieve higher income for United States producers of agricultural commodities, and to reduce the likelihood of an agricultural commodity price war and the need for export subsidy programs, the Secretary of Agriculture shall, in coordination with the United States Trade Representative, confer with representatives of other major agricultural producing countries and, at the earliest possible date, initiate and pursue agricultural trade consultations among major agricultural producing countries.

(b) Sense of Congress for objectives of consultations

It is the sense of Congress that the objectives of the consultations called for in subsection (a) of this section should be to-

(1) increase the exchange of information on worldwide agricultural production, demand, and commodity supply levels;

(2) determine a more equitable sharing of responsibility for maintaining agricultural commodity reserves and managing supplies of agricultural commodities; and

(3) attain increased cooperation in restraining export subsidy programs.

(c) Reporting requirements

The Secretary of Agriculture shall report to Congress by July 1, 1986, and annually thereafter through fiscal year 1990, on the progress of efforts to initiate and pursue the consultations called for in subsection (a) of this section, including any agreements reached with respect to the objectives set forth in subsection (b) of this section.

(Pub. L. 99 198, title XI, §1123, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1481.)

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Food Security Act of 1985, and not as part of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 which comprises this chapter.