---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 U.S.C. § 2114c"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
number: "2114c"
heading: "Trade in services: development, coordination, and implementation of Federal policies; staff support and other assistance; specific service sector authorities unaffected; executive functions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/2114c"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Trade Act of 1974"
  - "Subchapter I — Negotiating and Other Authority"
  - "Part 1"
---

# §2114c. Trade in services: development, coordination, and implementation of Federal policies; staff support and other assistance; specific service sector authorities unaffected; executive functions

- (1)
  - (A) The [United States](/usc/19/2319.md?p=8) [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32), through the interagency trade organization established pursuant to [section 1872(a) of this title](/usc/19/1872.md?p=a) or any subcommittee thereof, shall, in conformance with this Act and other provisions of law, develop (and coordinate the implementation of) [United States](/usc/19/2319.md?p=8) policies concerning trade in [services](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=4).
  - (B) In order to encourage effective development, coordination, and implementation of [United States](/usc/19/2319.md?p=8) policies on trade in [services](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=4)—
    - (i) each department or agency of the [United States](/usc/19/2319.md?p=8) responsible for the regulation of any [service](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=4) sector [industry](/usc/19/1677.md?p=4-A) shall, as appropriate, advise and work with the [United States](/usc/19/2319.md?p=8) [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) concerning matters that have come to the department’s or agency’s attention with respect to—
      - (I) the treatment afforded [United States](/usc/19/2319.md?p=8) [service](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=4) sector interest in foreign markets; or
      - (II) allegations of unfair practices by foreign governments or companies in a [service](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=4) sector; and
    - (ii) the Department of [Commerce](/usc/19/2481.md?p=10), together with other appropriate agencies as requested by the [United States](/usc/19/2319.md?p=8) [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32), shall provide staff support and other assistance for negotiations on [service](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=4)-related issues by the [United States](/usc/19/2319.md?p=8) [Trade Representatives](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32)[^1] and the domestic implementation of [service](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=4)-related agreements.
  - (C) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter any [existing](/usc/19/2481.md?p=7) authority or responsibility with respect to any specific [service](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=4) sector.
- (2)
  - (A) [^2] The President shall, as he deems appropriate—
    - (i) consult with [State](/usc/19/2319.md?p=8) governments on issues of trade policy, including negotiating [objectives](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=3) and implementation of trade agreements, affecting the regulatory authority of non-Federal governments, or their procurement of goods and [services](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=4);
    - (ii) establish one or more intergovernmental policy advisory committees on trade which shall serve as a principal forum in which [State](/usc/19/2319.md?p=8) and local governments may consult with the Federal Government with respect to the matters described in [clause (i)](#2-A-i); and
    - (iii) provide to [State](/usc/19/2319.md?p=8) and local governments and to [United States](/usc/19/2319.md?p=8) [service](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=4) [industries](/usc/19/1677.md?p=4-A), upon their request, advice, assistance, and (except as may be otherwise prohibited by law) data, analyses, and information concerning [United States](/usc/19/2319.md?p=8) policies on international trade in [services](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=4).

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be “Representative”.
[^2]: See Codification note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–573, title III, § 306(c)(1), (2)(A), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3010, 3011.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in par. (1)(A), is Pub. L. 98–573, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2984, known as the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984. For classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1984 Amendment note set out under section 1654 of this title and Tables.

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the International Trade and Investment Act, and also as part of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984, and not as part of the Trade Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.

Section is comprised of subsec. (c)(1), (2)(A) of section 306 of Pub. L. 98–573. Subsec. (a) of such section is classified to section 2114(b) of this title; subsec. (b) of such section amended sections 3101, 3103, and 3104 and a provision set out as a note under section 3101 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse; and subsec. (c)(2)(B), (C) of such section amended sections 2114, 2155, 2413, and 2414 of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definitions

For definition of “services” as used in this section, see par. (5) of section 2114b of this title.