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 103 STAT. 3102 PROCLAMATION 6030—SEPT. 28, 1989 section 401 of the Association Act must be incorporated into the HTS. Further, certain technical rectifications to particular HTS provisions are necessary in order to designate such provisions correctly. 3. In accordance with section 401 of the Association Act, I have deter- mined that the existing preferential tariff treatment provided under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), puj'suant to Title V of the ^ 1974 Act, to products of the freely associated states should be terminat- ed and that certain modifications and rectifications to the HTS are nec- essary in order to reflect the appropriate treatment of such articles under the Compact. 4. Pursuant to section 1102(a] of the Onmibus Trade and Competitive- ness Act of 1988 (the 1988 Act) (19 U.S.C. 2902(a)), I have determined that one or more existing duties or other import restrictions of the United States are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States and that the piuposes, policies, and objectives of Title I of the 1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.) will be promoted by en- tering into a trade agreement providing for the reduction of rates of duty applicable to imports of certain tropical products. 5. The requirements set forth in sections 125,126(a), 131-135, and 161(b) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2135, 2136(a), 2151-2155, and 2211(b)) have been complied with. 6. Pursuant to section 1102(a) of the 1988 Act, the President, through his duly empowered representative, on December 5, 1988, entered into a trade agreement with other contracting parties to the General Agree- ment on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (61 Stat. (pts. 5 and 6)), as amended, consisting of a statement of negotiating results and schedules of con- cessions agreed upon by parties thereto, and implementing on a provi- sional basis tariff reductions on eniunerated tropical products. A copy of the agreement and the attached schedule of United States conces- sions on such products is annexed to this Proclamation as part (b) of Annex II. 7. Pursuant to the 1988 Act, I hereby determine that the modification or continuance of existing duties hereinafter proclaimed is required or ap- propriate to carry out the trade agreement on tropical products. Pend- ing the successful conclusion of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, I have decided to implement the United States tropical products concessions on a temporary basis. 8. Section 201(a) of the United Stajes-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988 (the Implementation Act) (Public Law No. 100-449, 102 Stat. 1851) authorizes the President to proclaim such modi- fications or continuance of any existing duty, such continuance of ex- isting duty-free or excise treatment, or such additional duties, as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out Arti- cle 401 of the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement and the schedule of duty reductions with respect to goods originating in the ter- ritory of Canada set forth in Annexes 401.2 and 401.7 to the Agreement. 9. Pursuant to section 201(a) of the Implementation Act, I have deter- mined that it is necessary to provide for the staged reduction in duties on certain plywood and certain motor vehicle equipment originating in the territory of Canada, and to correct an omission in Proclamation

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