{"identifier":"/us/usc/t22/s5712","title":22,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5712.","heading":"Participation in multilateral organizations, rights under international agreements, and trade status","text":"\u00a7\u202f5712.\nParticipation in multilateral organizations, rights under international agreements, and trade status\nIt is the sense of the Congress that the following, which are based in part on the relevant provisions of the Joint Declaration, should be the policy of the United States with respect to Hong Kong after\n(1) The United States should support Hong Kong\u2019s participation in all appropriate multilateral conferences, agreements, and organizations in which Hong Kong is eligible to participate.\n(2) The United States should continue to fulfill its obligations to Hong Kong under international agreements, so long as Hong Kong reciprocates, regardless of whether the People\u2019s Republic of China is a party to the particular international agreement, unless and until such obligations are modified or terminated in accordance with law.\n(3) The United States should respect Hong Kong\u2019s status as a separate customs territory, and as a WTO member country (as defined in\nsection 3501(10) of title 19\nsection 3501(8) of title 19","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t22/s5712.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s5712","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5712."},{"t":"heading","text":"Participation in multilateral organizations, rights under international agreements, and trade status","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"It is the sense of the Congress that the following, which are based in part on the relevant provisions of the Joint Declaration, should be the policy of the United States with respect to Hong Kong after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"June 30, 1997","tail":":"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s5712/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" The United States should support Hong Kong\u2019s participation in all appropriate multilateral conferences, agreements, and organizations in which Hong Kong is eligible to participate.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s5712/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The United States should continue to fulfill its obligations to Hong Kong under international agreements, so long as Hong Kong reciprocates, regardless of whether the People\u2019s Republic of China is a party to the particular international agreement, unless and until such obligations are modified or terminated in accordance with law.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s5712/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" The United States should respect Hong Kong\u2019s status as a separate customs territory, and as a WTO member country (as defined in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 3501(10) of title 19","href":"/us/usc/t19/s3501/10","tail":"), whether or not the People\u2019s Republic of China participates in the World Trade Organization (as defined in "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 3501(8) of title 19","href":"/us/usc/t19/s3501/8","tail":")."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}