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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. or transferring any article between the dutiable and free lists. The proclaimed duties and other import restrictions shall apply to articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of all foreign countries, whether imported directly, or indirectly: Provided, That the President may suspend the application to articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of any country because of its discriminatory treatment of American commerce or because of other acts or policies which in his opinion tend to defeat the pur- poses set forth in this section; and the proclaimed duties and other import 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." WHEREs, pursuant to the said Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, a Trade Agreement was entered into between the United States of 53 stat. 23. America and Canada on November 17, 1938,1 which Agreement I did proclaim and make public by my proclamations of November 25, 1938 and June 17, 1939, and which Agreement is now in force between the two countries; WHEmAs I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have found as a fact that certain existing duties of the United States of America are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States of America and that the purpose 4; upp. v, 5 1135declared in the said Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the said Act 'nte p. 107. of June 12, 1934, as extended by the said Joint Resolution of Con- gress, approved March 1, 1937, will be promoted by a trade agreement to supplement and amend the Trade Agreement entered into between the United States of America and Canada on November 17, 1938; WHEEms, reasonable public notice of the intention to negotiate such supplementary trade agreement was given and the views pre- sented by persons interested in the negotiation of such agreement were received and considered; WHmERE, after seeking and obtaining information and advice with respect thereto from the United States Tariff Commission, the Departments of State, Agriculture, and Commerce, and from other sources, I entered into a Trade Agreement on December 30, 1939, through my duly empowered Plenipotentiary, with His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, in respect of Canada, through his duly empowered Plenipotentiary, to supplement and amend the Trade Agreement entered into between the United States of America and Canada on November 17, 1938, which supplementary Agreement is in words and figures as follows: Text. The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the. King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, in respect of Canada; Considering the reciprocal concessions and advantages for the pro- motion of trade provided for in the existing trade agreement between the United States of America and Canada; [Executive Agreement Series No. 149.] 2414

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