§ 2102. Congressional statement of purpose

The purposes of this chapter are, through trade agreements affording mutual benefits—

• (1) to foster the economic growth of and full employment in the United States and to strengthen economic relations between the United States and foreign countries through open and nondiscriminatory world trade;
• (2) to harmonize, reduce, and eliminate barriers to trade on a basis which assures substantially equivalent competitive opportunities for the commerce of the United States;
• (3) to establish fairness and equity in international trading relations, including reform of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade;
• (4) to provide adequate procedures to safeguard American industry and labor against unfair or injurious import competition, and to assist industries, firm, 1 1 So in original. workers, and communities to adjust to changes in international trade flows;
• (5) to open up market opportunities for United States commerce in nonmarket economies; and
• (6) to provide fair and reasonable access to products of less developed countries in the United States market.