
      The Director may exchange copies of specifications and drawings
    of United States patents and published applications for patents for
    those of foreign countries. The Director shall not enter into an
    agreement to provide such copies of specifications and drawings of
    United States patents and applications to a foreign country, other
    than a NAFTA country or a WTO member country, without the express
    authorization of the Secretary of Commerce. For purposes of this
    section, the terms "NAFTA country" and "WTO member country" have
    the meanings given those terms in section 104(b).

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