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 PROCLAMATIONS-JAN. 1, 1948 19 XS.B. C. 1352. 48 Stat. 943. 19U.. C. 11351(a). United States and that the purpose above declared will be pro- moted 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, or such continuance, and for such minimum periods, of existing customs or excise treatment of any article covered by foreign trade agreements, as are required or appropriate to carry out any foreign trade agreement that the President has entered into hereunder. No proclamation shall be made increasing or de- creasing by more than 50 per centum any rate of duty, however established, existing on January 1, 1945 (even though tempo- rarily suspended by Act of Congress), 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 im- ported directly, or indirectly: Provided, That the President may suspend the application to articles the growth, produce, or manu- facture of any country because of its discriminatory treatment of American commerce or because of other acts (including the oper- ations of international cartels) or policies which in his opinion tend to defeat the purposes set forth in this section; and the pro- claimed 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. "(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the application, with respect to rates of duty established under this section pursuant to agreements with countries other than Cuba, of the provisions of the treaty of commercial reciprocity con- cluded between the United States and the Republic of Cuba on December 11, 1902, or to preclude giving effect to an exclusive agreement with Cuba concluded under this section, modifying the existing preferential customs treatment of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of Cuba: Provided, That the duties on such an article shall in no case be increased or decreased by more than 50 per centum of the duties, however established existing on January 1, 1945 (even though temporarily suspended by Act of Congress)." (48 Stat. 943 and 944, ch. 474, 57 Stat. 125, ch. 118, 59 Stat. 410 and 411 ch. 269; 19 U. S . C. (1940) 1351 (a), 19 U. S . C. (1940) Supp. V, 1351 (a) (2) and (b).); WHEREAS (2) the period within which the President is authorized to enter into trade agreements under the said section 350 was extended by section 1 of the Act of July 5, 1945 until the expiration of three years from June 12, 1945 (48 Stat. 944, ch. 474, 59 Stat. 410, ch. 269; 19 U. S . C. (1940) Supp. V, 1352 (c).); WHEREAS (3) I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States 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 Cuba are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States of America and that the purpose declared in said sec- tion 350 (a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, will be promoted by a trade agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Cuba; WHEREAS (4) reasonable public notice of the intention to negoti- ate such trade agreement was given and the views presented by per- 1466 [62 STAT.

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