---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 U.S.C. § 3532"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
number: "3532"
heading: "Implementation of Uruguay Round Agreements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/3532"
units:
  - "Chapter 22 — Uruguay Round Trade Agreements"
  - "Subchapter I — Approval of, and General Provisions Relating to, Uruguay Round Agreements"
  - "Part C — Uruguay Round Implementation and Dispute Settlement"
---

# §3532. Implementation of Uruguay Round Agreements

- (a) **Decisionmaking—** In the implementation of the [Uruguay Round Agreements](/usc/19/3501.md?p=7) and the functioning of the [World Trade Organization](/usc/19/3501.md?p=8), it is the [objective](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=3) of the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) to ensure that the [Ministerial Conference](/usc/19/3531.md?p=8) and the [General Council](/usc/19/3531.md?p=7) continue the practice of decisionmaking by consensus followed under the [GATT 1947](/usc/19/3501.md?p=1-A), as required by paragraph 1 of article IX of the [WTO Agreement](/usc/19/3501.md?p=9).
- (b) **Consultations with congressional committees—** In furtherance of the [objective](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=3) set forth in [subsection (a)](#a), the [Trade Representative](/usc/19/3501.md?p=6) shall consult with the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/19/3531.md?p=3-A) before any vote is taken by the [Ministerial Conference](/usc/19/3531.md?p=8) or the [General Council](/usc/19/3531.md?p=7) relating to—
  - (1) the adoption of an interpretation of the [WTO Agreement](/usc/19/3501.md?p=9) or another [multilateral trade agreement](/usc/19/3501.md?p=4),
  - (2) the amendment of any such agreement,
  - (3) the granting of a waiver of any obligation under any such agreement,
  - (4) the adoption of any amendment to the rules or procedures of the [Ministerial Conference](/usc/19/3531.md?p=8) or the [General Council](/usc/19/3531.md?p=7),
  - (5) the accession of a [state](/usc/19/2577.md?p=2) or separate customs territory to the [WTO Agreement](/usc/19/3501.md?p=9), or
  - (6) the adoption of any other decision,

  if the action described in paragraph [(1)](#b-1), [(2)](#b-2), [(3)](#b-3), [(4)](#b-4), [(5)](#b-5), or [(6)](#b-6) would substantially affect the rights or obligations of the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) under the [WTO Agreement](/usc/19/3501.md?p=9) or another [multilateral trade agreement](/usc/19/3501.md?p=4) or potentially entails a change in Federal or [State](/usc/19/2577.md?p=2) law.

- (c) **Report on decisions—**
  - (1) **In general—** Not later than 30 days after the end of any calendar year in which the [Ministerial Conference](/usc/19/3531.md?p=8) or the [General Council](/usc/19/3531.md?p=7) adopts by vote any decision to take any action described in paragraph [(1)](#b-1), [(2)](#b-2), [(4)](#b-4), or [(6)](#b-6) of subsection (b), the [Trade Representative](/usc/19/3501.md?p=6) shall submit a report to the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/19/3531.md?p=3-A) describing—
    - (A) the nature of the decision;
    - (B) the efforts made by the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) to have the matter decided by consensus pursuant to paragraph 1 of article IX of the [WTO Agreement](/usc/19/3501.md?p=9), and the results of those efforts;
    - (C) which [countries](/usc/19/1677.md?p=3) voted for, and which [countries](/usc/19/1677.md?p=3) voted against, the decision;
    - (D) the rights or obligations of the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) affected by the decision and any Federal or [State](/usc/19/2577.md?p=2) law that would be amended or repealed, if the President after consultation with the Congress determined that such amendment or repeal was an appropriate response; and
    - (E) the action the President intends to take in response to the decision or, if the President does not intend to take any action, the reasons therefor.
  - (2) **Additional reporting requirements—**
    - (A) **Grant of waiver—** In the case of a decision to grant a waiver described in [subsection (b)(3)](#b-3), the report under [paragraph (1)](#c-1) shall describe the terms and conditions of the waiver and the rights and obligations of the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) that are affected by the waiver.
    - (B) **Accession—** In the case of a decision on accession described in [subsection (b)(5)](#b-5), the report under [paragraph (1)](#c-1) shall [state](/usc/19/2577.md?p=2) whether the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) intends to invoke Article XIII of the [WTO Agreement](/usc/19/3501.md?p=9).
- (d) **Consultation on report—** Promptly after the submission of a report under [subsection (c)](#c), the [Trade Representative](/usc/19/3501.md?p=6) shall consult with the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/19/3531.md?p=3-A) with respect to the report.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–465, title I, § 122, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4829.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States (Jan. 1, 1995), see section 130 of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as a note under section 3531 of this title.