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… under GATT Article XXIV:6 concerning Greek accession, the Community claimed the right to a tariff "credit" from enlargement, a position rejected by the United States and other GATT CPs … EC Commission even proposed to the Council that the EC terminate the negotiations and withdraw tariff concessions in order to establish this principle de facto. Only strong u.s. protests at a … high level to both Commission and Member State representatives halted EC plans to withdraw tariff concessions. The Commission has now proposed that the "credit" concept be inserted …
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… increase from last year's level, the sources said. (Joanne Omang, Washington Post, Al3) TARIFF ON EUROPEAN FOOD, SPIRITS COULD BRING RETALIATION PALM SPRINGS -- President Reagan Tuesday … today in a growing trade war with Europe's Common Market. Last summer the Europeans put a tariff on grain from the United States. Today the President announced a new tariff on an assortment of European farm products. The tariff will triple the price of such items …
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… -- . - -- - I 1 - • ~ • - t f I f I t ,,' I 3 CONTINUE -TO EXT£N» nosT-fAVOR[,- NATION {Mf N} TARIFF . t' STATUS TO ROnAN IA If THE ~tCRtt ~ ERC I NPLE M[ NTE». •t StCTIO N ~02 STATES IN PA~T … of emigration. I, therefore, declare my intention to terminate Romania ' s MostFavored-Nation tariff status and other benefits effective June 30, 1983 (06/30/1983), if the education repayment … today that President Reagan intends to ~3 terminate Romania's Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) tariff status, effective June 30, 1983 (06/30/1983), if Romania's education repayment decree …
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… whether import relief is in the national interest. He may order increased tariffs, quotas, tariff-rate quotas, or orderly marketing agreements, for a period not to exceed five years … between the U.S. and EC for some 15 years. In the course of this dispute, the EC has made some tariff concessions. However, these have failed to resolve the problem and, after lengthy but … the GATT. We shall be tracking these through the 301 Committee at USTR. Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 Section 337 provides a remedy against unfair methods of import competition …
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… FTA Act) (19 U.S.C. 2112 note) confers authority upon the President to proclaim changes in tariff treatment which the President determines are required or appropriate to carry out the … the Congress on April 29, 1985 (04/29/1985). I have determined that the modifications to the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19 u.s.c. 1202) set forth in Annexes I, VIII, IX, … and, if the product of a least developed developing country (LDDC), are eligible for full tariff reductions pursuant to certain trade agreements without staging. Previously, pursuant to …
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… commitment to increase Japan's imports of manufactures. III. BACKGROUND: Despite Japanese MTN tariff and non-tariff measure liberalizations, the Japanese market is by no means as open as ours. Japan's … formal and informal barriers which severely limit foreign access. In addition to traditional tariff and non-tariff measures these barriers include fundamental structural factors such as the …
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… into a more , competitive posture at home is not the whole answer. Negotiations to reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers will be vigorously pursued. The American market iWthe most open . in the world; … recovery plan provides the framework for achieving these objectives. Not since the first U.S. tariff bill was introduced in Congress in 1789, has there been a greater need for a …
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… Trading System For most of the post-war period, the GATT process of non-discriminatory tariff cuts and multilateral rules facilitated the growth of international -12trade. But trade is … Traditional principles of non-discrimination, transparency, and multilateral reductions in tariff barriers have been increasingly supplanted by unilateral or bilateral applications of non-tariff barriers, including voluntary export restraints, orderly marketing agreements, and quota …
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… might often be unwilling to furnish for fear of revealing trade secrets. The existing Tariff Act already appears to provide sufficient protection for patent holders. In 1940, Congress amended the Tariff Act, giving the importation of products produced by a patented process the same status as …
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… legislation. If enacted, you would be required to direct me to negotiate harmonization of U.S. tariff and non-tariff barriers on wine with other nations that export wine. If unsuccessful within 180 days, you … Third, it would cause us to be in violation of GATT Article I which states that the same tariff level must be imposed on imports from all other member countries. Fourth, it would …
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