(a) In generalThe Secretary shall require appropriate officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture, including those stationed in foreign countries, to prepare and submit annually to the Secretary detailed reports that—
(1) document the nature and extent of—
(A)
programs in such countries that provide direct or indirect government support for the export of agricultural commodities and the products thereof;
(b) DutiesThe Secretary shall—
(1) annually compile the information contained in reports prepared under subsection (a)—
(B)
on a commodity by commodity basis for exports of United States agricultural commodities, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, the export of which is hampered by an unfair trade practice. Where practicable, the report shall include a comparison of the average prices and costs of production for such commodities in the United States and in the importing countries for the previous crop year;
(2)
in consultation with the agricultural technical advisory committees established under section 2155(c) of title 19, include in the compilation a priority ranking of those trade barriers identified in subsection (a) by commodity group;
(c) MeetingThe Secretary and the United States Trade Representative shall convene a meeting, at least once each year, of the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee and the agricultural technical advisory committees to develop specific recommendations for actions to be taken by the Federal Government and private industry to—
(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title I, § 108, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1532, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3689; amended Pub. L. 102–237, title III, §§ 316–318, Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1856, 1857; Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 272, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 976.)