---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 U.S.C. § 4208"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
number: "4208"
heading: "Interests of small businesses"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/4208"
units:
  - "Chapter 27 — Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability"
---

# §4208. Interests of small businesses

- (a) **Sense of Congress—** It is the sense of Congress that—
  - (1) the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) should facilitate participation by small businesses in the trade negotiation process; and
  - (2) the functions of the Office of the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) relating to small businesses should continue to be reflected in the title of the Assistant [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) assigned the responsibility for small businesses.
- (b) **Consideration of small business interests—** The Assistant [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) for Small Business, Market Access, and Industrial Competitiveness shall be responsible for ensuring that the interests of small businesses are considered in all trade negotiations in accordance with the [objective](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=3) described in [section 4201(a)(8) of this title](/usc/19/4201.md?p=a-8).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 114–26, title I, § 109, June 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 356.)