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 FINLAND-RECIPROCAL TRADE-MAY 18, 1936 restrictions shall be in effect from and after such time as is specified in the proclamation. The President may at any time terminate any such proclamation in whole or in part." WHEREAS, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States Peomotionofforeign of America, have found as a fact that certain existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States of America and the Republic of Finland are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States of America and that the purpose declared in the 46 Stat. 708;48 tat. said Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the said Act of June 12, 1934, will be promoted by a foreign trade agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Finland; WHEREAS reasonable public notice of the intention to negotiate such Not ic e given. foreign trade agreement was given and the views presented by persons interested in the negotiation of such agreement were received and considered; WHEREAS, after seeking and obtaining information and advice with enerade intoagee respect thereto from the United States Tariff Commission, the Departments of State, Agriculture, and Commerce, and from other sources, I entered into a foreign Trade Agreement on May 18, 1936, through my duly empowered Plenipotentiary, with the President of the Republic of Finland, through his duly empowered Plenipotentiary, which Agreement, including two Schedules annexed thereto, in the English and Finnish languages, is in words and figures as follows: The President of the United States of Ameriea and the Presi- dent of the Republic of Finland, being desirous of strengthening the traditional bonds of friend- ship between the two countries by maintaining the principle of equality of treatment as the basis of commercial relations and by granting mutual and reciprocal concessions and advantages for the promotion of trade, have through their respective Pleni- potentiaries arrived at the fol- lowing Agreement: ARTICLE I Articles the growth, produce or manufacture of the United States of America, enumerated and described in Schedule I an- nexed to this Agreement and made a part thereof, shall, on their importation into Finland, be ex- empt from ordinary customs du- ties in excess of those set forth and provided for in the said Schedule. The said articles shall also be exempt from all other Amerikan Yhdysvaltojen Presi- dentti ja Suomen Tasavallan Presi- dentti, haluten lujittaa molem- pien maiden valisia perinnaisia ys- tavyyssiteita pitamilla samanar- voisen kohtelun periaatteita kau- pallisten suhteiden pohjana seka suomalla molemminpuolisia ja vastavuoroisia myonnytyksia ]a etuja kaupan edistamiseksi, ovat asianomaisten taysivaltaisten edustajiensa kautta tehneet seu- raavan sopimuksen: Purposes declared. I ARTIKLA Amerikan Yhdysvaltojen tava- Eprnerated im- roiden, luonnon- tai teollisuustuot- ts into and. teiden, jotka on mainittu ja esi- tetty luettelossa I, joka on lii- ,4p. 1448. tetty tahan sopimukseen ja on sen osa, tulee, niita Suomeen tuotaessa, olla vapaita varsinai- sista tulleista, jotka ylittavat ne maarat, mitka mainitussa luette- lossa on ilmoitettu ja maaratty. Mainitut tavarat ovat niinikaan No excess duties, vapaita kaikista muista tulleista, etc. 1437

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