§ 1801. Statement of purposes

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

• (1) to stimulate the economic growth of the United States and maintain and enlarge foreign markets for the products of United States agriculture, industry, mining, and commerce;
• (2) to strengthen economic relations with foreign countries through the development of open and nondiscriminatory trading in the free world; and
• (3) to prevent Communist economic penetration.