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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. ARTICLE 6 Most-favored-nation treatment. No limitation, etc., upon imports; excep- tions. Imposition of quan- titative restrictions, etc. Allocations. Control of means of international p a y - ment. Unconditional most-favored-nation treatment shall be accorded by the Government of each country to the commerce of the other country with respect to customs duties or charges imposed on or in connection with imports or exports and the method of levying such duties or charges, with respect to all regulations and formalities in connection with importation or exportation, the sale or use of imported products within the country, transit, warehousing, the transshipment of goods, the re-exportation of goods, and with respect to official charges applicable to these various operations. Unconditional most-favored-nation treatment shall likewise be ac- corded by the Government of each country to the commerce of the other country with respect to all duties, charges or exactions other than customs duties imposed on orinconnectionwithimportsorexports. In awarding contracts for public works and in purchasing non- military supplies, the Government of neither country shall discrimi- nate against the other country in favor of any third country. ARTICLE 7 No prohibition, restriction or limitation of any kind shall be im- posed by the Government of either country upon the importation of natural or manufactured products originating in the other country or upon the exportation of natural or manufactured products destined for the other country, except as provided below. Subject to the provisions of Article 5 of this Agreement, either of the two Governments may impose prohibitions or quantitative re- strictions upon the importation of products originating in the other country as well as upon the exportation of products destined for the other country, provided that importation of the like products origi- nating in all third countries, or exportation of the same products to all third countries, respectively, is similarly prohibited or restricted. If the Government of either country applies quantitative restrictions to the importation of any products in which the other country has an interest, and these restrictions are implemented by quantitative allocation among the various exporting countries, there shall be allo- cated to the other country a proportion of the total importations equivalent to the proportion of the imports of such product supplied by the other country during a representative period prior to the establishment of the restrictions in question. ARTICLE 8 In the event that the Government of either of the two countries shall establish or maintain, either directly or indirectly, any form of control of the means of international payment, it shall, in all aspects of the administration of such control, accord to the other country unconditional most-favored-nation treatment. It is agreed that this provision does not affect the provisions of Article 9. 1874

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