---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 4841"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "4841"
heading: "Statement of policy"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/4841"
units:
  - "Chapter 58 — Export Control Reform"
  - "Subchapter II — Anti-Boycott Act of 2018"
---

# §4841. Statement of policy


Congress declares it is the policy of the [United States](/usc/50/4801.md?p=12)—

- (1) to oppose restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by any foreign country against other countries friendly to the [United States](/usc/50/4801.md?p=12) or against any [United States person](/usc/50/4801.md?p=13);
- (2) to encourage and, in specified cases, require [United States persons](/usc/50/4801.md?p=13) engaged in the [export](/usc/50/4801.md?p=3) of goods or [technology](/usc/50/4801.md?p=11) or other information to refuse to take actions, including furnishing information or entering into or implementing agreements, which have the effect of furthering or supporting the restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by any foreign country against a country friendly to the [United States](/usc/50/4801.md?p=12) or any [United States person](/usc/50/4801.md?p=13); and
- (3) to foster international cooperation and the development of international rules and institutions to assure reasonable access to world supplies.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XVII, § 1772, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2234.)