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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. April 1, 1939 [E. A. S. No. 1631 Preamble. 19 U.S. C. i. 1351- 13M; Supp. V, i1351 - 1352. Ante, p. 107. Agreement and supplementaryexchange of notes between the United States of America and Turkey respecting reciprocaltrade. Signed at Ankara April 1, 1939; proclaimed by the President of the United States April 6, 1939; effective provisionally May 6, 1939; ratified by the Grand NationalAssembly of Turkey June 20, 1939; ratificationby the Grand National Assembly of Turkey notified to the Government of the United States of America September 9, 1939; President'sproclamation com- municated to the Turkish Government November 20, 1939; effective definitively November 20, 1939; supplementary proclamation by the President of the United States November 30, 1939. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it is provided in the Tariff Act of 1930 of the Congress of the United States of America, as amended by the Act of June 12, 1934, entitled "AN ACT To amend the Tariff Act of 1930" (48 Stat. 943), which amending Act was extended by Joint Resolution of Congress, approved March 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 24), as follows: "Sec. 350. (a) For the purpose of expanding foreign markets for the products of the United States (as a means of assisting in the present emergency in restoring the American standard of living, in overcoming domestic unemployment and the present economic depression, in increasing the purchasing power of the American public, and in establishing and maintaining a better relationship among various branches of American agriculture, industry, mining, and commerce) by regulating the admission of foreign goods into the United States in accordance with the characteristics and needs of various branches of American pro- duction so that foreign markets will be made available to those branches of American production which require and are capable of developing such outlets by affording corresponding market opportunities for foreign products in the United States, the President, whenever he finds as a fact that any existing duties or other import restrictions of the United States or any foreign country are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States and that the purpose above declared will be promoted by the means hereinafter specified, is authorized from time to time- "(1) To enter into foreign trade agreements with foreign governments or instrumentalities thereof; and "(2) To proclaim such modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions, or such additional import restrictions, 1870

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