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 49 Stat. 364; 64 Stat. 2006. Equal treatment of imports. M Stat. 2008 . 64 Stat. 2008 . INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [55 STAT. country, in conjunction with governmental measures or measures under governmental authority operating to regulate or control the production, market supply or prices of like domestic articles, or tending to increase the labor costs of production of such articles, or to maintain the exchange value of the currency of the country. Whenever the Government of either country proposes to estab- lish any quantitative regulation authorized by this paragraph, with respect to any article which is not now subject to such regulations, it shall give notice thereof in writing to the other Government and shall afford such other Government an oppor- tunity to consult with it in respect of the proposed action; and if agreement with respect thereto is not reached within thirty days following receipt of the aforesaid notice, the Government which proposes to take such action shall, nevertheless, be free to do so at any time thereafter, and the other Government shall be free within fifteen days after such action is taken to terminate this Agreement in whole or in part on thirty days' written notice. ARTICLE IV 1. The second paragraph of Article VIII of the Agreement of August 24, 1934, as amended, is amended to read as follows: Articles the growth, produce or manufacture of the United States of America enumerated and described in Schedule I annexed to this Agreement, with respect to which a rate of duty is specified in the said Schedule, shall, on their importation into the Republic of Cuba, be exempt from all other duties, taxes, fees, charges or exactions, imposed on or in connection with importation, in excess of those imposed on September 3, 1934, or required to be imposed thereafter by laws of the Republic of Cuba in force on September 3, 1934. 2. The fourth paragraph of Article VIII of the Agreement of August 24, 1934, as amended, is hereby deleted. 3. The last paragraph of Article VIII of the Agreement of August 24, 1934, as amended, is amended to read as follows: The provisions of this Agreement shall not prevent the Govern- ment of either country from imposing at any time on the importa- tion of any article a charge equivalent to an internal tax imposed in respect of a like domestic article or in respect of a commodity from which the imported article has been manufactured or pro- duced in whole or in part.

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