Report, Issue 160U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948 - Tariff |
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1939 agreement 1939 of principal agreement countries agricultural amounted Argentina average rate Belgium bindings bound against increase Brazil British Canada cents a pound Chile Colombia commitments commodities concessions granted concessions obtained contracting parties cotton coun covered Cuba Customs Union Czechoslovakia dollars in 1939 domestic dutiable articles duty-free duty-reduction concessions export trade footnote foreign countries foreign trade France Geneva agreement Geneva negotiations imports for consumption imports in 1939 manufactures ment million dollars most-favored-nation Netherlands nonagricultural Norway participating at Geneva percent ad valorem pre-Geneva agreements preagreement rates President prewar quantitative restrictions quotas rates of duty reduced at Geneva reductions in duty scheduled concessions South Africa statistics subject to concessions Switzerland Tariff Commission Tariff schedule tion total dutiable imports total imports trade agree Trade Agreements Act trade agreements program trade-agreement concessions trade-agreement countries United Kingdom United States imports UNITED STATES TARIFF Uruguay valorem equivalent value of imports Venezuela
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Page 15 - States in accordance with the characteristics and needs of various branches of American production so that foreign markets will be made available to those branches of American production which require and are capable of developing such outlets by affording corresponding market opportunities for foreign products in the United States...
Page 16 - President, whenever he finds as a fact that any existing duties or other import restrictions of the United States or any foreign country are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States...
Page 18 - Agreement, including tariff concessions, any product is being imported into the territory of that contracting party in such increased quantities and under such conditions as to cause or threaten serious injury to domestic producers in that territory of like or directly competitive products...
Page 47 - If the CONTRACTING PARTIES consider that the circumstances are serious enough to justify such action, they may authorize a contracting party or parties to suspend the application to any other contracting party or parties of such concessions or other obligations under this Agreement as they determine to be appropriate in the circumstances.
Page 15 - For the purpose of expanding foreign markets for the products of the United States (as a means of assisting in the present emergency in restoring the American standard of living, in overcoming domestic unemployment and the present economic depression, in increasing the purchasing power of the American public, and in establishing and maintaining a better relationship among various branches of American agriculture, industry, mining, and commerce...
Page 23 - Act, reasonable public notice of the intention to negotiate an agreement with such government or instrumentality shall be given in order that any interested person may have an opportunity to present his views...
Page 61 - No proclamation shall be made increasing or decreasing by more than 50 per centum any existing rate of duty or transferring any article between the dutiable and free lists.
Page 70 - Before any foreign trade agreement is concluded with any foreign government or instrumentality thereof under the provisions of this Act, reasonable public notice of the intention to negotiate an agreement...
Page 61 - The proclaimed duties and other import restrictions shall apply to articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of all foreign countries, whether imported directly, or indirectly: Provided, That the President may suspend the application to articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of any country because of its discriminatory treatment of American commerce...
Page 50 - The contracting parties undertake to observe to the fullest extent of their executive authority the general principles of Chapters I to VI inclusive and of Chapter IX of the Havana Charter pending their acceptance of it in accordance with their constitutional procedures.