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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 2801. Congressional findings and purposes
(a) Congress finds that -
(1) there is a substantial imbalance in international wine
trade resulting, in part, from the relative accessibility enjoyed
by foreign wines to the United States market while the United
States wine industry faces restrictive tariff and nontariff
barriers in virtually every existing or potential foreign market;
(2) the restricted access to foreign markets and the continued
low prices for United States wine and grape products adversely
affect the economic position of our Nation's winemakers and grape
growers, as well as all other domestic sectors that depend upon
wine production;
(3) the competitive position of United States wine in
international trade has been weakened by foreign trade practices,
high domestic interest rates, and unfavorable foreign exchange
rates;
(4) wine consumption per capita is very low in many major
non-wine producing markets and the demand potential for United
States wine is significant; and
(5) the United States winemaking industry has the capacity and
the ability to export substantial volumes of wine and an increase
in United States wine exports will create new jobs, improve this
Nation's balance of trade, and otherwise strengthen the national
economy.
(b) The purposes of this chapter are -
(1) to provide wine consumers with the greatest possible choice
of wines from wine-producing countries;
(2) to encourage the initiation of an export promotion program
to develop, maintain, and expand foreign markets for United
States wine; and
(3) to achieve greater access to foreign markets for United
States wine and grape products through the reduction or
elimination of tariff barriers and nontariff barriers to (or
other distortions of) trade in wine.
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