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 GREECE-TRADE-JULY 2, 1948 to the territorial application of commercial arrangements between the United States of America and Greece and to confirm the under- standing reached as a result of these conversations as follows: 1. For such time as the Government of the United States of America participates in the occupation or control of any areas in western Germany, the Free Territory of Trieste, Japan or southern Korea, the Government of Greece will apply to the merchandise trade of such area the provisions relating to the most-favored-nation treatment of the merchandise trade of the United States of America set forth in the Provisional Commercial Agreement, signed November 15, 1938, or, for such time as the Governments of the United States of America and Greece may both be contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, dated October 30, 1947, the pro- visions of that Agreement, as now or hereafter amended, relating to the most-favored-nation treatment of such trade. It is understood that the undertaking in this paragraph relating to the application of the most-favored-nation provisions of the Provisional Commercial Agreement shall be subject to the exceptions recognized in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade permitting departures from the application of most-favored-nation treatment; provided that nothing in this sentence shall be construed to require compliance with the pro- cedures specified in the General Agreement with regard to the appli- cation of such exceptions. 2. The undertaking in point 1, above, will apply to the merchandise trade of any area referred to therein only for such time and to such extent as such area accords reciprocal most-favored-nation treatment to the merchandise trade of Greece. 3. The undertakings in points 1 and 2, above, are entered into in the light of the absence at the present time of effective or significant tariff barriers to imports into the areas herein concerned. In the event that such tariff barriers are imposed, it is understood that such undertakings shall be without prejudice to the application of the principles set forth in the Havana Charter for an International Trade Organization relating to the reduction of tariffs on a mutually ad- vantageous basis. 4. It is recognized that the absence of a uniform rate of exchange for the currency of the areas in western Germany, Japan or southern Korea referred to in point 1 above may have the effect of indirectly subsidizing the exports of such areas to an extent which it would be difficult to calculate exactly. So long as such a condition exists, and if consultation with the Government of the United States of America fails to reach an agreed solution to the problem, it is understood that it would not be inconsistent with the undertaking in point 1 for the Government of Greece to levy a countervailing duty on imports of such goods equivalent to the estimated amount of such subsidization, where the Government of Greece determines that the subsidization is such as to cause or threaten material injury to an established domestic industry or is such as to prevent or materially retard the establishment of a domestic industry. 53 Stat. 2046 . 61Stat., Pts. 5and6. 62 STAT.] 2901

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