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 Other Presidential Documents Presidential Determination No. 2000-12 of February 10, 2000 United States Military Activities in East Timor Memorandum for the Secretmy of State Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President, including under sec- tions 10(d)(1) and 10(a)(2)(B) of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) (the "Act"), I hereby: (a) determine that the deployment of United States military forces to sup- port East Timoffs transition to independence without reimbursement from the United Nations is important to the security interests of the United States; and (b) delegate to you the authority contained in section \1770(d)(\177) of the Act with respect to assistance to support East Timoffs transition to independ- ence that is covered by section \1770 of the Act. You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the Con- gress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register. WILLIAM J. CLINTON THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, Febtomy 10, 2000. Memorandum of February 16, 2000 Action Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 Concerning Steel Wire Rod Memorandum for the Secretmy of the Treasmy [and] the United States Trade Representative On July 12, \177999, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) submitted a report to me of its investigation under section 202 of the Trade Act of \177974, as amended (the "Trade Act"), with respect to im- ports of steel wire rod. The USITC commissioners were equally divided in their determinations under section 202(b) of the Trade Act of whether steel wire rod is being imported into the United States in such increased quan- tities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury or threat of serious injury to the domestic steel wire rod industry. The report also contained negative findings by the ITC pursuant to section 3\177(a) of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the "NAFTA Implementation Act") with respect to imports of steel wire rod from Canada and Mexico. Having reviewed the determinations of both groups of commissioners, I have decided pursuant to section 330(d)(1) of the Tariff Act of \177930 to con- sider the determination of the group of commissioners voting in the affirm- ative to be the determination of the USITC. After taking into account all relevant considerations, including the factors specified in section 203(a)(2) of the Trade Act, I have implemented action of a type described in section 203(a)(3) of that Act. I have determined that the most appropriate action is a tariff-rate quota on imports of steel wire 351

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