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 108 STAT. 4820 PUBLIC LAW 103-465—DEC. 8, 1994 President. Federal Register, publication. President. (2) such modifications as are necessary to correct technical errors in Schedule XX or to make other rectifications to the Schedule. (c) AUTHORITY TO INCREASE DUTIES ON ARTICLES FROM CER- TAIN COUNTRIES. — (1) IN GENERAL. — (A) DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN COUN- TRIES. —Notwithstanding section 251 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1881), after the entry into force of the WTO Agreement with respect to the United States, if the President— (i) determines that a foreign country (other than a foreign country that is a WTO mecober country) is not according adequate trade benefits to the United States, including substantially equal competitive opportunities for the commerce of the United States, and (ii) consults with the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the President may proclaim an increase in the rate of duty with respect to any article of such country in accordance with subparagraph (B). (B) RATE OF DUTY DESCRIBED. —The President may proclaim a rate of duty on any article of a country identified under subparagraph (A) that is equal to the greater of— (i) the rate of duty set forth for such article in the base rate of dutj^ column of Schedule XX, or (ii) the rate of duty set forth for such article in the bound rate of duty column of Schedule XX. (2) TERMINATION OF INCREASED DUTIES. — -The President shall terminate any increase in the rate of duty proclaimed under this subsection by a proclamation which shall be effective on the earlier of— (A) the date set out in such proclamation of termination, or (B) the date the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the foreign country with respect to which the determination under paragraph (1) was made. (3) PUBLICATION OF DETERMINATION AND TERMINATION. — The President shall publish in the Federal Register notice of a determination maae under paragraph (1) and a termination occurring by resison of paragraph (2). (d) ADJUSTMENTS TO CERTAIN COLUMN 2 RATES OF DUTY. — At such time as the President proclaims any modification to the HTS to implement the provisions of Schediue XX, the President shall also proclaim the rate of duty set forth in Column B as the column 2 rate of duty for the subheading of the HTS that corresponds to the subheading in Schedule XX listed in Column A. Column A Column B Schediile XX subheading;: Rate of duty for column 2 of the HTS: 020L10.50 3L1% 020L20.80 31.1% 0201.30.80 3L1%

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