{"data":{"id":"us/19-u.s.c.-2502","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"19 U.S.C. § 2502","heading":"Purposes","body":"The purposes of this Act are—(1) to approve and implement the trade agreements negotiated under the Trade Act of 1974 [19 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.]; (2) to foster the growth and maintenance of an open world trading system; (3) to expand opportunities for the commerce of the United States in international trade; and (4) to improve the rules of international trade and to provide for the enforcement of such rules, and for other purposes.","path":["Title 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES","CHAPTER 13—TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc19@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:57:37Z","sha256":"6d058ae08c4f6081b41c6242a4ccf80c9bee50a14670fb67b9530de8a1e975d6","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/19-u.s.c.-2501","next":"us/19-u.s.c.-2503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}