From the perspective of the entire budget, it barely qualifies as a rounding error.
Trade agreements are the core of U.S. international trade policy.
Unfortunately, the record of foreign compliance with those agreements has not always been good. The record of trade accords has been so rocky that some have argued that the United States should rely less upon them. What these critics ignore is that the United States cannot and should not try to pursue this type of informal diplomacy as a substitute for trade accords. A reliance on informal agreements that are shielded from public scrutiny but that inevitably impact the economic prospects of many companies and thousands of workers cannot be allowed. This means that America will continue to rely upon trade agreements as the primary vehicle for conducting trade policy.