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PROCLAMATION 3712-APR. 5, 1966

[80 STAT.

D O N E at the City of Washington this first day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-six, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninetieth. LYNDON B. JOHNSON

By the President: DEAN E U S K,

Secretary of State.

Proclamation 3712

April 5, 1966

PROCLAMATION OF TRADE AGREEMENT WITH UNITED KINGDOM PROVIDING COMPENSATORY CONCESSIONS gy f(,g President of the United States of America A Proclamation

19 USC 1351.

1. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, the President, on October 30, 1947, entered into, and by Proclamation No. 2r6lA of December 16, 1947 (61 Stat. (pt. 2) 1103), proclaimed, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (hereinafter referred to 61 Stat. A l l. as "the General Agreement"), including a schedule of United States concessions, designated as Schedule X X, annexed thereto (61 Stat. (pt. 5) A1157), which Agreement, schedule, and proclamation have been supplemented by subsequent agreements, schedules, and proclamations; 2. WHEREAS, after compliance with the requirements of Section 102 of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 73), the President 1963^cf^p.^ p%98 ^y Proclamation No. 3548 of August 21, 1963 (77 Stat. 1017), proclaimed, effective on and after August 31, 1963, the Tariff Schedules of 77A Stat. 3. ^]^g United States, which reflected, with modifications, and, in effect, superseded, Proclamation No. 2761A and proclamations supplementary thereto insofar as they relate to Schedule X X to the General Agreement; 3. WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 221 and 224 of the Trade Ex76 Stat. 874. pansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1841 and 1844), the President, on October 21, 1963, published and furnished to the Tariff Commission lists of articles which may be considered for modification or continuance of duties or other import restrictions, or continuance of duty-free or excise treatment, in the negotiation of trade agreements, including the trade agreement with the United Kingdom identified in the eighth recital of this proclamation, compensating other nations for modifications or withdrawals of United States trade agreement concessions (48 C F R Part 180), and the Tariff Commission, after holding public hearings, has advised the President with respect to each such article of its judgment as to the probable economic effect of such modifications; 4. WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 223 and 224 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1843 and 1844) and in accordance with Section 3(g) of Executive Order No. 11075 of January 15, 1963 (48 C F R 1.3(g)), the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, appointed by the President pursuant to Section 241(a) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1871 (a)), on April 23, 1963, designated the Trade Information Committee to afford an opportunity, through public hearings and other means, for any interested person to present

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