Executive Order 12740

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 402(c)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (‘‘the Act’’) (19 U.S.C. 2432(c)(2)), which continues to apply to the Soviet Union pursuant to section 402(d), and having made the report to the Congress required by section 402(c)(2), I hereby waive the application of subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of the Act with respect to the Soviet Union.

, December 29, 1990.