U.S. Code » Title 48 » Chapter CHAPTER 18— MICRONESIA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND PALAU › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— MICRONESIA AND MARSHALL ISLANDS › Part Part B— Approval and Implementation of Compacts, As Amended

48 U.S.C. § 244

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“(a) All products of the United States imported into the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall receive treatment no less favorable than that accorded like products of any foreign country with respect to customs duties or charges of a similar nature and with respect to laws and regulations relating to importation, exportation, taxation, sale, distribution, storage or use.“(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to advantages accorded by the Republic of the Marshall Islands by virtue of their full membership in the Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA), done on August 18, 2001, to those governments listed in Article 26 of PICTA, as of the date the Compact, as amended, is signed.“(c) Prior to entering into consultations on, or concluding, a free trade agreement with governments not listed in Article 26 of PICTA, the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall consult with the United States regarding whether or how subsection (a) of section 244 shall be applied.