---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 U.S.C. § 3009"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
number: "3009"
heading: "Coordination of trade policy and Convention"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/3009"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Implementation of Harmonized Tariff Schedule"
---

# §3009. Coordination of trade policy and Convention


The [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) is responsible for coordination of [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) trade policy in relation to the [Convention](/usc/19/3002.md?p=2). Before formulating any [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) position with respect to the [Convention](/usc/19/3002.md?p=2), including any proposed amendments thereto, the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) shall seek, and consider, information and advice from [interested parties](/usc/19/1677.md?p=9) in the private sector (including a functional advisory committee) and from interested [Federal agencies](/usc/19/3002.md?p=4).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1209, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1152.)