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Proclamation 5885 -- Increase in the Rates of Duty for Certain Articles From Brazil

… 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2483) authorizes the President to embody in the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) the substance of the provisions of that Act, of … and Competitiveness Act of 1988 requires that I proclaim such modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), as enacted in section 1204 of that Act, as are …

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Statement by Assistant to the President for Press Relations Fitzwater on Amendments to the Generalized System of Preferences

… System of Preferences has been a program of temporary incentives rather than permanent tariff advantages. Through the years we have regularly reviewed the 3,000 products from 141 …

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Statement by Assistant to the President for Press Relations Fitzwater on Amendments to the Generalized System of Preferences

… System of Preferences has been a program of temporary incentives rather than permanent tariff advantages. Through the years we have regularly reviewed the 3,000 products from 141 …

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Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate Transmitting the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement

… between two nations. It provides for the elimination of all tariffs, reduces many non-tariff barriers, liberalizes investment practices, and covers trade in services. For example, the … and augment the prosperity of both nations. With this Agreement, we are tearing down the tariff walls that block the flow of trade and generally eliminating the tangle of restrictions …

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Executive Order 12662 -- Implementing the United States-Canada Free-Trade Implementation Act

… FTA Implementation Act, in the event that the provisions of subparagraph 516A( g)(7)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. section 1516a(g)(7)(B), take effect, I accept, as a …

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Canadian Elections and Free Trade

… disaster for the working men and women of this country. When Congress passed the Smoot-Hawley tariff in 1930, we were told that it would protect America from foreign competition and save jobs … Delano Roosevelt, who opposed protectionism and called for the repeal of that disastrous tariff. Ever since that time, the American people have stayed true to our heritage by rejecting …

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Executive Order 12661 -- Implementing the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and Related International Trade Matter

… and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (P.L. 100 - 418, 102 Stat. 1107) (``Omnibus Trade Act''), the Tariff Act of 1930 (Chapter 497, 46 Stat. 590, June 17, 1930), as amended (``Tariff Act''), the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (P.L. 100 - 456, 102 … the direction of the President, it is hereby ordered as follows: Part I -- Trade, Customs, and Tariff Laws Section 1 - 101. Accession of State Trading Regimes to the General Agreement on …

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Proclamation 5836 -- Withdrawal of Nondiscriminatory Treatment for Products of Romania

… States shall be subject to the customs duties set forth in the Rates of Duty column 2 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202). Furthermore, effective as of that …

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Remarks on Signing the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988

… States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988. This agreement brings down the tariff walls between our two nations and, in so doing, creates the world's largest free-trade …

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Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on Trade With Hungary and China

… objectives of the Act. Romania. Since Romania has renounced extension of Most-Favored-Nation tariff treatment by the United States conditioned on the requirements of section 402 of the Act, …

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