---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 U.S.C. § 2115"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
number: "2115"
heading: "Bilateral trade agreements"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/2115"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Trade Act of 1974"
  - "Subchapter I — Negotiating and Other Authority"
  - "Part 1"
---

# §2115. Bilateral trade agreements


If the President determines that bilateral [trade agreements](/usc/19/2504.md?p=c-4-A) will more effectively promote the economic growth of, and full employment in, the United States, then, in such cases, a negotiating objective under sections [2111](/usc/19/2111.md) and [2112](/usc/19/2112.md) of this title shall be to enter into bilateral [trade agreements](/usc/19/2504.md?p=c-4-A). Each such [trade agreement](/usc/19/2504.md?p=c-4-A) shall provide for mutually advantageous economic benefits.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–618, title I, § 105, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1984.)