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 3858 Equitable share or commerce, etc. RECIPROCAL TRADE-HONDURAS. which would ordinarily be taken ordinariamente una empresa co- into account by a private com- mercial privada, interesada s61a- mercial enterprise interested sole- mente en comprar tal producto ly in purchasing such product on en las condiciones mas favorables. the most favorable terms. ARTICLE VIn ARTICULO VIII The tariff advantages and other benefits provided for in this Agreement are granted by the United States of America and the Republic of Honduras to each other subject to the condition that if the Government of either country shall establish or main- tain, directly or indirectly, any form of control of foreign ex- change, it shall administer such control so as to insure that the nationals and commerce of the other country will be granted a fair and equitable share in the allotment of exchange. With respect to the exchange made available for commercial transactions, it is agreed that. the Government of each country shall be guided in the administration of any form of control of foreign exchange by the principle that, as nearly as may be determined, the share of the total available exchange which is allotted to the other country shall not be less than the share employed in It previous representative period prior to the establishment of any exchange control for the settle- ment of commercial obligations to the nationals of such other country. The Government of each coun- try will give sympathetic con- sideration to any representations which the other Government may make in respect of the application of the provisions of this Article, and if, within thirty days after the receipt of such representa- tions, a satisfactory adjustment has not been made or an agree- ment has not been reached with respect to such representations, the Government making them may, within fifteen days after the expiration of the aforesaid period of thirty days, terminate this Los Estados Unidos de America y la Republica de Honduras se conceden mutuamente las venta- jas aduaneras y los otros benefi- cios estipulados en este Convenio, sujetos a la condici6n de que si el Gobierno de uno u otro pais establec~,ere 0 mantuviere, directa o indirectamente, cualquiera for- ma de control de cambio extran- jero, administrara este control de manera que los nacionales y el comercio del otro pais tengan la seguridad de recibir una porci6n justa y equitativa en la distribu- ci6n del cambio. Con respecto al cambio disponi- ble para transacciones comel'cia- les, se conviene en que el Gobierno de cada pais se guiara en la administraci6n de cualquiera for- ma de control de cambio, por el principio de que, 10 mas aproxi- madamente posible, la porci6n del total de cambio disponible que se haya asignado al otro pais no sea menor que la porci6n em- pleada en un periodo representa- tivo anterior al establecimiento de cualquier control de cambio para la liquidaci6n de obligaciones comerciales contraidas con los nacionales de tal otro pais. El Gobierno de cada pais pres- tara consideraci6n amist't>sa a cualesquiera gestiones que pueda hac('r el otro Gobierno con res- pecto a Ia aplicaci6n de las dis- posiciones de este articulo; y si, dentro de treinta dias despues del recibo de tales gestiones, no se hubiere llegado a una soluci6n satisfactoria 0 no se hubiere lle- gado a un acuerdo con I especto a tales gestiones, el Gobierno que las hubierB iniciado podra, den- tro de los quince dias si~ientes a 18. expiraci6n del susodicho pe- dodo de treinta dias, poner fin