--- kind: "section" citation: "19 U.S.C. § 4210" title: "19" title_heading: "Customs Duties" number: "4210" heading: "Definitions" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/4210" units: - "Chapter 27 — Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability" --- # §4210. Definitions In this chapter: - (1) **Agreement on Agriculture—** The term “Agreement on Agriculture” means the agreement referred to in [section 3511(d)(2) of this title](/usc/19/3511.md?p=d-2). - (2) **Agreement on Safeguards—** The term “Agreement on Safeguards” means the agreement referred to in [section 3511(d)(13) of this title](/usc/19/3511.md?p=d-13). - (3) **Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures—** The term “Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures” means the agreement referred to in [section 3511(d)(12) of this title](/usc/19/3511.md?p=d-12). - (4) **Antidumping Agreement—** The term “Antidumping Agreement” means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 referred to in [section 3511(d)(7) of this title](/usc/19/3511.md?p=d-7). - (5) **Appellate Body—** The term “Appellate Body” means the Appellate Body established under Article 17.1 of the [Dispute Settlement Understanding](#8). - (6) **Common multilateral environmental agreement—** - (A) **In general—** The term “common multilateral environmental agreement” means any agreement specified in [subparagraph (B)](#6-B) or included under [subparagraph (C)](#6-C) to which both the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) and one or more other parties to the negotiations are full parties, including any current or future mutually agreed upon protocols, amendments, annexes, or adjustments to such an agreement. - (B) **Agreements specified—** The agreements specified in this subparagraph are the following: - (i) The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, done at Washington March 3, 1973 (27 UST 1087; TIAS 8249). - (ii) The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, done at Montreal September 16, 1987. - (iii) The Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, done at London February 17, 1978. - (iv) The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, done at Ramsar February 2, 1971 (TIAS 11084). - (v) The Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, done at Canberra May 20, 1980 (33 UST 3476). - (vi) The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, done at Washington December 2, 1946 (62 Stat. 1716). - (vii) The Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2), done at Washington May 31, 1949 (1 UST 230). - (C) **Additional agreements—** Both the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) and one or more other parties to the negotiations may agree to include any other multilateral environmental or conservation agreement to which they are full parties as a [common multilateral environmental agreement](#6-A) under this paragraph. - (7) **Core labor standards—** The term “core labor standards” means— - (A) freedom of association; - (B) the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; - (C) the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labor; - (D) the effective abolition of child labor and a prohibition on the worst forms of child labor; and - (E) the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. - (8) **Dispute Settlement Understanding—** The term “Dispute Settlement Understanding” means the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes referred to in [section 3511(d)(16) of this title](/usc/19/3511.md?p=d-16). - (9) **Enabling Clause—** The term “Enabling Clause” means the Decision on Differential and More Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of [Developing Countries](/usc/19/1677.md?p=36-A) (L/4903), adopted November 28, 1979, under GATT 1947 (as defined in [section 3501 of this title](/usc/19/3501.md)). - (10) **Environmental laws—** The term “environmental laws”, with respect to the laws of the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9), means environmental statutes and regulations enforceable by action of the Federal Government. - (11) **GATT 1994—** The term “GATT 1994” has the meaning given that term in [section 3501 of this title](/usc/19/3501.md). - (12) **General Agreement on Trade in Services—** The term “General Agreement on Trade in Services” means the General Agreement on Trade in Services (referred to in [section 3511(d)(14) of this title](/usc/19/3511.md?p=d-14)). - (13) **Government Procurement Agreement—** The term “Government Procurement Agreement” means the Agreement on Government Procurement referred to in [section 3511(d)(17) of this title](/usc/19/3511.md?p=d-17). - (14) **ILO—** The term “ILO” means the International Labor Organization. - (15) **Import sensitive agricultural product—** The term “import sensitive agricultural product” means an agricultural product— - (A) with respect to which, as a result of the [Uruguay Round Agreements](#20), the rate of duty was the subject of tariff reductions by the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) and, pursuant to such Agreements, was reduced on January 1, 1995, to a rate that was not less than 97.5 percent of the rate of duty that applied to such article on December 31, 1994; or - (B) which was subject to a tariff rate quota on June 29, 2015. - (16) **Information Technology Agreement—** The term “Information Technology Agreement” means the Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products of the [World Trade Organization](#21), agreed to at Singapore December 13, 1996. - (17) **Internationally recognized core labor standards—** The term “internationally recognized core labor standards” means the [core labor standards](#7) only as stated in the [ILO](#14) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-Up (1998). - (18) **Labor laws—** The term “labor laws” means the statutes and regulations, or provisions thereof, of a party to the negotiations that are directly related to [core labor standards](#7) as well as other labor protections for children and minors and acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health, and for the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9), includes Federal statutes and regulations addressing those [standards](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=5), protections, or conditions, but does not include [State](/usc/19/2577.md?p=2) or local labor laws. - (19) **United States person—** The term “United States person” means— - (A) a [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) citizen; - (B) a partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that is organized under the laws of the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9); and - (C) a partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that is organized under the laws of a foreign [country](/usc/19/1677.md?p=3) and is controlled by entities described in [subparagraph (B)](#19-B) or [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) citizens, or both. - (20) **Uruguay Round Agreements—** The term “Uruguay Round Agreements” has the meaning given that term in [section 3501(7) of this title](/usc/19/3501.md?p=7). - (21) **World Trade Organization; WTO—** The terms “World Trade Organization” and “WTO” mean the organization established pursuant to the [WTO Agreement](#22). - (22) **WTO Agreement—** The term “WTO Agreement” means the Agreement Establishing the [World Trade Organization](#21) entered into on April 15, 1994. - (23) **WTO member—** The term “WTO member” has the meaning given that term in [section 3501(10) of this title](/usc/19/3501.md?p=10). ## Source credit (Pub. L. 114–26, title I, § 111, June 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 358.) ## Notes ### Editorial Notes ### References in Text This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of Pub. L. 114–26, June 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 320, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4201 of this title and Tables.