**(a)** In any negotiation seeking an agreement under [section 2133 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2133&num=0&edition=prelim) or [section 4202 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4202&num=0&edition=prelim), the President may make a formal offer for the modification or continuance of any United States duty, import restrictions, or barriers to (or other distortions of) international trade, the continuance of United States duty-free or excise treatment, or the imposition of additional duties, import restrictions, or other barrier to (or other distortion of) international trade including trade in services, foreign direct investment and intellectual property as covered by this subchapter, with respect to any article or matter only after he has received a summary of the hearings at which an opportunity to be heard with respect to such article has been afforded under [section 2153 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2153&num=0&edition=prelim). In addition, the President may make an offer for the modification or continuance of any United States duty, the continuance of United States duty-free or excise treatment, or the imposition of additional duties, with respect to any article included in a list published and furnished under [section 2151(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2151/a&num=0&edition=prelim), only after he has received advice concerning such article from the Commission under [section 2151(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2151/b&num=0&edition=prelim), or after the expiration of the
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**(a)** In any negotiation seeking an agreement under [section 2133 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2133&num=0&edition=prelim) or [section 4202 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4202&num=0&edition=prelim), the President may make a formal offer for the modification or continuance of any United States duty, import restrictions, or barriers to (or other distortions of) international trade, the continuance of United States duty-free or excise treatment, or the imposition of additional duties, import restrictions, or other barrier to (or other distortion of) international trade including trade in services, foreign direct investment and intellectual property as covered by this subchapter, with respect to any article or matter only after he has received a summary of the hearings at which an opportunity to be heard with respect to such article has been afforded under [section 2153 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2153&num=0&edition=prelim). In addition, the President may make an offer for the modification or continuance of any United States duty, the continuance of United States duty-free or excise treatment, or the imposition of additional duties, with respect to any article included in a list published and furnished under [section 2151(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2151/a&num=0&edition=prelim), only after he has received advice concerning such article from the Commission under [section 2151(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2151/b&num=0&edition=prelim), or after the expiration of the 6-month or 90-day period provided for in that section, as appropriate, whichever first occurs.
**(b)** In determining whether to make offers described in subsection (a) in the course of negotiating any trade agreement under [section 4202 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4202&num=0&edition=prelim), and in determining the nature and scope of such offers, the President shall take into account any advice or information provided, or reports submitted, by—
(1) the Commission;
(2) any advisory committee established under [section 2155 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2155&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(3) any organization that holds public hearings under [section 2153 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2153&num=0&edition=prelim);
with respect to any article, or domestic industry, that is sensitive, or potentially sensitive, to imports.
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§ 2171. Structure, functions, powers, and per-
sonnel
(a) Establishment within Executive Office of the
President
There is established within the Executive Of-
fice of the President the Office of the United
States Trade Representative (hereinafter in this
section referred to as the ‘‘Office’’).
(b) United States Trade Representative; Deputy
United States Trade Representatives
(1) The Office shall be headed by the United
States Trade Representative who shall be ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate. As an exercise of the
rulemaking power of the Senate, any nomina-
tion of the United States Trade Representative
submitted to the Senate for confirmation, and
referred to a committee, shall be referred to the
Committee on Finance. The United States Trade
Representative shall hold office at the pleasure
of the President, shall be entitled to receive the
same allowances as a chief of mission, and shall
have the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary.
(2) There shall be in the Office three Deputy
United States Trade Representatives, one Chief
Agricultural Negotiator, and one Chief Innova-
tion and Intellectual Property Negotiator, who
shall be appointed by the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate. As an ex-
ercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate,
any nomination of a Deputy United States
Trade Representative, the Chief Agricultural
Negotiator, or the Chief Innovation and Intellec-
tual Property Negotiator submitted to the Sen-
ate for its advice and consent, and referred to a
committee, shall be referred to the Committee
on Finance. Each Deputy United States Trade
Representative, the Chief Agricultural Nego-
tiator, and the Chief Innovation and Intellectual
Property