[House Document 115-92]
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   TO FACILITATE POSITIVE ADJUSTMENT TO COMPETITION FROM IMPORTS OF 
    CERTAIN CRYSTALLINE SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS (WHETHER OR NOT 
    PARTIALLY OR FULLY ASSEMBLED INTO OTHER PRODUCTS) AND FOR OTHER 
                                PURPOSES

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                                MESSAGE

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                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

     DOCUMENTS TO THE CONGRESS THAT DESCRIBE THE SAFEGUARD ACTIONS 
    PROCLAIMED ON IMPORTS OF LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS AND CERTAIN 
  CRYSTALLINE SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS (WHETHER OR NOT PARTIALLY OR 
 FULLY ASSEMBLED INTO OTHER PRODUCTS), PURSUANT TO 19 U.S.C. 2253(b); 
            PUBLIC LAW 93-618, SEC. 203(b); (88 STAT. 2015)






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  January 25, 2018.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed
         
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                         U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

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                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, January 23, 2018.
Hon. Paul D. Ryan,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: In accordance with section 203(b) of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act''), I hereby transmit 
documents to the Congress that describe the safeguard actions 
that I have proclaimed on imports of large residential washers 
and certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells (whether or 
not partially or fully assembled into other products), pursuant 
to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
of the United States, including section 203(a)(1) of the Act, 
and the reasons for taking these actions.
            Sincerely,
                                                   Donald J. Trump.
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   

   To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of 
    Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells (Whether or Not 
    Partially or Fully Assembled Into Other Products) and for Other 
                                Purposes

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            By the President of the United States of America

                             A Proclamation

    1. On November 13, 2017, the United States International 
Trade Commission (ITC) transmitted to the President a report 
(the ``ITC Report'') on its investigation under section 202 of 
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Trade Act'') (19 
U.S.C. 2252), with respect to imports of certain crystalline 
silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells, whether or not partially or 
fully assembled into other products (including, but not limited 
to, modules, laminates, panels, and building-integrated 
materials) (``CSPV products''). These products exclude certain 
products described in the ITC Notice of Institution, 82 Fed. 
Reg. 25331 (June 1, 2017), and listed in subdivision (c)(ii) of 
Note 18 in Annex I to this proclamation.
    2. The ITC reached an affirmative determination under 
section 202(b) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2252(b)) that CSPV 
products are being imported into the United States in such 
increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious 
injury, or threat of serious injury, to the domestic industry 
producing a like or directly competitive article.
    3. Pursuant to section 311(a) of the North American Free 
Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ``NAFTA Implementation 
Act'') (19 U.S.C. 3371(a)), the ITC made findings as to whether 
imports from Mexico and Canada, considered individually, 
account for a substantial share of total imports and contribute 
importantly to the serious injury, or threat thereof, caused by 
imports. The ITC made affirmative findings of contribution to 
injury with respect to imports of CSPV products from Mexico but 
made negative findings with respect to imports of CSPV products 
from Canada.
    4. On November 27, 2017, the United States Trade 
Representative (USTR) requested additional information from the 
ITC under section 203(a)(5) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 
2253(a)(5)). On December 27, 2017, the ITC provided a response 
that identified unforeseen developments that led to the 
importation of CSPV products into the United States in such 
increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious 
injury (the ``supplemental report'').
    5. The ITC commissioners transmitted to the President their 
individual recommendations with respect to the actions that 
each of them considered would address the serious injury, or 
threat of serious injury, to the domestic industry and be most 
effective in facilitating the efforts of the industry to make a 
positive adjustment to import competition. The ITC did not 
recommend an action within the meaning of section 202(e) of the 
Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2252(e)).
    6. Pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 
2253), and after taking into account the considerations 
specified in section 203(a)(2) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 
2253(a)(2)), the ITC Report, and the supplemental report, I 
have determined to implement action of a type described in 
section 203(a)(3) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2252(a)(3)) (a 
``safeguard measure''), with regard to the following CSPV 
products:
    (a) solar cells, whether or not assembled into modules or 
made up into panels provided for in subheading 8541.40.60 in 
Annex I to this proclamation;
    (b) parts or subassemblies of solar cells provided for in 
subheadings 8501.31.80, 8501.61.00, and 8507.20.80 in Annex I 
to this proclamation;
    (c) inverters or batteries with CSPV cells attached 
provided for in subheadings 8501.61.00 and 8507.20.80 in Annex 
I to this proclamation; and
    (d) DC generators with CSPV cells attached provided for in 
subheading 8501.31.80 in Annex I to this proclamation.
    7. Pursuant to section 312(a) of the NAFTA Implementation 
Act (19 U.S.C. 3372(a)), I have determined after considering 
the ITC Report that imports of CSPV products from each of 
Mexico and Canada, considered individually, account for a 
substantial share of total imports and contribute importantly 
to the serious injury or threat of serious injury found by the 
ITC.
    8. Pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Act, the action I 
have determined to take shall be a safeguard measure in the 
form of:
    (a) a tariff-rate quota on imports of solar cells not 
partially or fully assembled into other products as described 
in paragraph 6 of this proclamation, imposed for a period of 4 
years, with unchanging within-quota quantities and annual 
reductions in the rates of duty applicable to goods entered in 
excess of those quantities in the second, third, and fourth 
years, as provided in Annex I to this proclamation; and
    (b) an increase in duties on imports of modules, imposed 
for a period of 4 years, with annual reductions in the rates of 
duty in the second, third, and fourth years, as provided in 
Annex I to this proclamation.
    I have determined to exclude from this action the products 
listed in subdivision (c)(ii) and (c)(iii) of Note 18 in Annex 
I to this proclamation.
    9. This safeguard measure shall apply to imports from all 
countries, except as provided in paragraph 10 of this 
proclamation.
    10. This safeguard measure shall not apply to imports of 
any product described in paragraph 6 of this proclamation of a 
developing country that is a Member of the World Trade 
Organization (WTO), as listed in subdivision (b) of Note 18 in 
Annex I to this proclamation, as long as such a country's share 
of total imports of the product, based on imports during a 
recent representative period, does not exceed 3 percent, 
provided that imports that are the product of all such 
countries with less than 3 percent import share collectively 
account for not more than 9 percent of total imports of the 
product. If I determine that a surge in imports of a product 
described in paragraph 6 of this proclamation of a developing 
country that is a WTO Member results in imports of that product 
from that developing country exceeding either of the thresholds 
described in this paragraph, the safeguard measure shall be 
modified to apply to such product from such country.
    11. The in-quota quantity in each year under the tariff-
rate quota described in paragraph 8 of this proclamation shall 
be allocated among all countries except those countries the 
products of which are excluded from such tariff-rate quota 
pursuant to paragraph 10 of this proclamation.
    12. Pursuant to section 203(a)(1)(A) of the Trade Act (19 
U.S.C. 2253(a)(1)(A)), I have determined that this safeguard 
measure will facilitate efforts by the domestic industry to 
make a positive adjustment to import competition and provide 
greater economic and social benefits than costs. If I determine 
that further action is appropriate and feasible to facilitate 
efforts by the domestic industry to make a positive adjustment 
to import competition and to provide greater economic and 
social benefits than costs, or if I determine that the 
conditions under section 204(b)(1) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 
2254(b)(1)) are met, I shall reduce, modify, or terminate the 
action established in this proclamation accordingly. In 
addition, if I determine within 30 days of the date of this 
proclamation, as a result of consultations between the United 
States and other WTO Members pursuant to Article 12.3 of the 
WTO Agreement on Safeguards, that it is necessary to reduce, 
modify, or terminate the safeguard measure, I shall proclaim 
the corresponding reduction, modification, or termination of 
the safeguard measure within 40 days.
    13. Section 502 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2462) 
authorizes the President to designate countries as beneficiary 
developing countries for purposes of the Generalized System of 
Preferences (GSP).
    14. Proclamation 9687 of December 22, 2017, ended the 
suspension of Argentina's designation as a GSP beneficiary 
developing country. That proclamation made corresponding 
modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTS). Those modifications included technical errors, 
and I have determined that modifications to the HTS are 
necessary to correct them.
    15. Section 604 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), 
authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the substance of 
the relevant provisions of that Act, and of other acts 
affecting import treatment, and actions thereunder, including 
the removal, modification, continuance, or imposition of any 
rate of duty or other import restriction.
    Now, therefore, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United 
States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by 
the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including 
but not limited to sections 203, 502, and 604 of the Trade Act, 
and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, do proclaim 
that:
    (1) In order to establish increases in duty and a tariff-
rate quota on imports of the CSPV products described in 
paragraph 6 of this proclamation (other than excluded 
products), subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS is modified 
as provided in Annex I to this proclamation. Any merchandise 
subject to the safeguard measure that is admitted into U.S. 
foreign trade zones on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard 
time on February 7, 2018, must be admitted as ``privileged 
foreign status''' as defined in 19 CFR 146.41, and will be 
subject upon entry for consumption to any quantitative 
restrictions or tariffs related to the classification under the 
applicable HTS subheading. 
    (2) Except as provided in clause (3) below, imports of CSPV 
products of WTO Member developing countries, as listed in 
subdivision (b) of Note 18 in Annex I to this proclamation, 
shall be excluded from the safeguard measure established in 
this proclamation. Imports of solar cells of those countries 
that are not partially or fully assembled into other products 
shall not be counted toward the tariff-rate quota limits that 
trigger the over-quota rates of duties. 
    (3) If, after the safeguard measure established in this 
proclamation takes effect, the USTR determines that:
    (a) the share of total imports of the product of a country 
listed in subdivision (b) of Note 18 in Annex I to this 
proclamation exceeds 3 percent,
    (b) imports of the product from all listed countries with 
less than 3 percent import share collectively account for more 
than 9 percent of total imports of the product, or
    (c) a country listed in subdivision (b) of Note 18 in Annex 
I to this proclamation is no longer a developing country for 
purposes of this proclamation; the USTR is authorized, upon 
publication of a notice in the Federal Register, to revise 
subdivision (b) of Note 18 in Annex I to this proclamation to 
remove the relevant country from the list or suspend operation 
of that subdivision, as appropriate.
    (4) Within 30 days after the date of this proclamation, the 
USTR shall publish in the Federal Register procedures for 
requests for exclusion of a particular product from the 
safeguard measure established in this proclamation. If the USTR 
determines, after consultation with the Secretaries of Commerce 
and Energy, that a particular product should be excluded, the 
USTR is authorized, upon publishing a notice of such 
determination in the Federal Register, to modify the HTS 
provisions created by Annex I to this proclamation to exclude 
such particular product from the safeguard measure described in 
paragraph 8 of this proclamation.
    (5) In order to make technical corrections necessary to 
reflect the end of the suspension of Argentina's designation as 
a GSP beneficiary developing country, the HTS is modified as 
set forth in Annex II to this proclamation.
    (6) Any provision of previous proclamations and Executive 
Orders that is inconsistent with the actions taken in this 
proclamation is superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
    (7) Except as provided for in clause (8) of this 
proclamation, the modifications to the HTS made by this 
proclamation, including Annex I, shall be effective with 
respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on 
February 7, 2018, and shall continue in effect as provided in 
Annex I to this proclamation, unless such actions are earlier 
expressly reduced, modified, or terminated. Any modifications 
to the HTS made pursuant to clause (3) or (4) of this 
proclamation shall take effect as indicated in a Federal 
Register notice published in accordance with those clauses. One 
year from the termination of the safeguard measure established 
in this proclamation, the U.S. note and tariff provisions 
established in Annex I to this proclamation shall be deleted 
from the HTS.
    (8) The modifications to the HTS set forth in Annex II to 
this proclamation shall be effective with respect to the 
articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, 
on or after the dates set forth in the relevant sections of 
Annex II.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord two 
thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States 
of America the two hundred and forty-second.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
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To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Large 
                          Residential Washers

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            By the President of the United States of America

                             A Proclamation

    1. On December 4, 2017, the United States International 
Trade Commission (ITC) transmitted to the President a report 
(the ``ITC Report'') on its investigation under section 202 of 
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Trade Act'') (19 
U.S.C. 2252), with respect to imports of large residential 
washers (``washers''). The product subject to the ITC's 
investigation and determination excluded certain washers 
described in the ITC Notice of Institution, 82 Fed. Reg. 27075 
(June 13, 2017), and listed in subdivision (c)(2) of Note 17 in 
the Annex to this proclamation.
    2. The ITC reached an affirmative determination under 
section 202(b) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2252(b)) that the 
following products are being imported into the United States in 
such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of 
serious injury, or threat of serious injury, to the domestic 
industries producing like or directly competitive articles:
    (a) washers; and
    (b) certain washer parts, including (i) all cabinets, or 
portions thereof, designed for use in washers; (ii) all 
assembled tubs designed for use in washers which incorporate, 
at a minimum, a tub and a seal; (iii) all assembled baskets 
designed for use in washers which incorporate, at a minimum, a 
side wrapper, a base, and a drive hub; and (iv) any combination 
of the foregoing parts or subassemblies.
    3. Pursuant to section 311(a) of the North American Free 
Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ``NAFTA Implementation 
Act'') (19 U.S.C. 3371(a)), the ITC made findings as to whether 
imports from Canada and Mexico, considered individually, 
account for a substantial share of total imports and contribute 
importantly to the serious injury, or threat thereof, caused by 
imports. The ITC made negative findings of contribution to 
injury with respect to imports of washers from Canada and 
Mexico.
    4. The ITC transmitted to the President its recommendations 
made pursuant to section 202(e) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 
2252(e)) with respect to the actions that, in its view, would 
address the serious injury, or threat of serious injury, to the 
domestic industry and be most effective in facilitating the 
efforts of the industry to make a positive adjustment to import 
competition.
    5. Pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 
2253), and after taking into account the considerations 
specified in section 203(a)(2) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 
2253(a)(2)) and the ITC Report, I have determined to implement 
action of a type described in section 203(a)(3) of the Trade 
Act (19 U.S.C. 2252(a)(3)) (a ``safeguard measure''), with 
regard to the following washers and covered washer parts:
    (a) washers provided for in subheadings 8450.11.00 and 
8450.20.00 in the Annex to this proclamation;
    (b) all cabinets, or portions thereof, designed for use in 
washers, and all assembled baskets designed for use in washers 
that incorporate, at a minimum, a side wrapper, a base, and a 
drive hub, provided for in subheading 8450.90.60 in the Annex 
to this proclamation;
    (c) all assembled tubs designed for use in washers that 
incorporate, at a minimum, a tub and a seal, provided for in 
subheading 8450.90.20 in the Annex to this proclamation;
    (d) any combination of the foregoing parts or 
subassemblies, provided for in subheadings 8450.90.20 or 
8450.90.60 in the Annex to this proclamation.
    6. Pursuant to section 312(a) of the NAFTA Implementation 
Act (19 U.S.C. 3372(a)), I have determined after considering 
the ITC Report that (a) imports from Canada of washers and 
covered washer parts, considered individually, do not account 
for a substantial share of total imports and do not contribute 
importantly to the serious injury or threat of serious injury 
found by the ITC; and (b) imports from Mexico of washers and 
covered washer parts, considered individually, account for a 
substantial share of total imports and have contributed 
importantly to the serious injury or threat of serious injury 
found by the ITC. Accordingly, pursuant to section 312(b) of 
the NAFTA Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3372(b)), I have 
excluded washers and covered washer parts that are the product 
of Canada from the actions I am taking under section 203 of the 
Trade Act.
    7. Pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Act, the action I 
have determined to take shall be a safeguard measure in the 
form of:
    (a) a tariff-rate quota on imports of washers described in 
subparagraph (a) of paragraph 5 of this proclamation, imposed 
for a period of 3 years plus 1 day, with unchanging within-
quota quantities, annual reductions in the rates of duties 
entered within those quantities in the second and third years, 
and annual reductions in the rates of duty applicable to goods 
entered in excess of those quantities in the second and third 
years; and
    (b) a tariff-rate quota on imports of covered washer parts 
described in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) of paragraph 5 of 
this proclamation, imposed for a period of 3 years plus 1 day, 
with increasing within-quota quantities and annual reductions 
in the rates of duty applicable to goods entered in excess of 
those quantities in the second and third years.
    8. This safeguard measure shall apply to imports from all 
countries, except for products of Canada and except as provided 
in paragraph 9 of this proclamation.
    9. This safeguard measure shall not apply to imports of any 
product described in paragraph 5 of this proclamation of a 
developing country that is a Member of the World Trade 
Organization (WTO), as listed in subdivision (b)(2) of Note 17 
in the Annex to this proclamation, as long as such a country's 
share of total imports of the product, based on imports during 
a recent representative period, does not exceed 3 percent, 
provided that imports that are the product of all such 
countries with less than 3 percent import share collectively 
account for not more than 9 percent of total imports of the 
product. If I determine that a surge in imports of a product 
described in paragraph 5 of this proclamation of a developing 
country that is a WTO Member results in imports of that product 
from that developing country exceeding either of the thresholds 
described in this paragraph, the safeguard measure shall be 
modified to apply to such product from such country.
    10. The in-quota quantity in each year under the tariff-
rate quotas described in paragraph 7 of this proclamation shall 
be allocated among all countries except those countries the 
products of which are excluded from such tariff-rate quota 
pursuant to paragraphs 8 and 9 of this proclamation.
    11. Pursuant to section 203(a)(1)(A) of the Trade Act (19 
U.S.C. 2253(a)(1)(A)), I have determined that this safeguard 
measure will facilitate efforts by the domestic industry to 
make a positive adjustment to import competition and provide 
greater economic and social benefits than costs. If I determine 
that further action is appropriate and feasible to facilitate 
efforts by the domestic industry to make a positive adjustment 
to import competition and to provide greater economic and 
social benefits than costs, or if I determine that the 
conditions under section 204(b)(1) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 
2254(b)(1)) are met, I shall reduce, modify, or terminate the 
action established in this proclamation accordingly. In 
addition, if I determine within 30 days of the date of this 
proclamation, as a result of consultations between the United 
States and other WTO Members pursuant to Article 12.3 of the 
WTO Agreement on Safeguards, that it is necessary to reduce, 
modify, or terminate the safeguard measure, I shall proclaim 
the corresponding reduction, modification, or termination of 
the safeguard measure within 40 days.
    12. If I determine that a surge in imports of covered 
washer parts described in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) of 
paragraph 5 of this proclamation undermines the effectiveness 
of the safeguard measure, the safeguard measure shall be 
modified by imposing a quantitative restriction in lieu of the 
tariff-rate quota.
    13. Section 604 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), 
authorizes the President to embody in the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTS) the substance of the 
relevant provisions of that Act, and of other acts affecting 
import treatment, and actions thereunder, including the 
removal, modification, continuance, or imposition of any rate 
of duty or other import restriction.
    Now, therefore, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United 
States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by 
the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including 
but not limited to sections 203 and 604 of the Trade Act, 
section 312 of the NAFTA Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3372), 
and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, do proclaim 
that:
    (1) In order to establish increases in duty and a tariff-
rate quota on imports of the washers and covered washer parts 
described in paragraph 5 of this proclamation (other than 
excluded products), subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS is 
modified as provided in the Annex to this proclamation. Any 
merchandise subject to the safeguard measure that is admitted 
into U.S. foreign trade zones on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern 
standard time, on February 7, 2018, must be admitted as 
``privileged foreign status'' as defined in 19 CFR 146.41, and 
will be subject upon entry for consumption to any quantitative 
restrictions or tariffs related to the classification under the 
applicable HTS subheading.
    (2) Imports of washers and covered washer parts that are 
the product of Canada shall be excluded from the safeguard 
measure established in this proclamation, and such imports 
shall not be counted toward the tariff-rate quota limits that 
trigger the over-quota rates of duty.
    (3) Except as provided in clause (4) below, imports of 
washers and covered washer parts that are the product of WTO 
Member developing countries, as listed in subdivision (b)(2) of 
Note 17 in the Annex to this proclamation, shall be excluded 
from the safeguard measure established in this proclamation, 
and such imports shall not be counted toward the tariff-rate 
quota limits that trigger the over-quota rates of duties.
    (4) If, after the safeguard measure established in this 
proclamation takes effect, the United States Trade 
Representative (USTR) determines that:
    (a) the share of total imports of the product of a country 
listed in subdivision (b)(2) of Note 17 in the Annex to this 
proclamation exceeds 3 percent,
    (b) imports of the product from all listed countries with 
less than 3 percent import share collectively account for more 
than 9 percent of total imports of the product, or
    (c) a country listed in subdivision (b)(2) of Note 17 in 
the Annex to this proclamation is no longer a developing 
country for purposes of this proclamation; the USTR is 
authorized, upon publication of a notice in the Federal 
Register, to revise subdivision (b)(2) of Note 17 in the Annex 
to this proclamation to remove the relevant country from the 
list or suspend operation of that subdivision, as appropriate.
    (5) If, after the safeguard measure established in this 
proclamation takes effect, the USTR determines that the out-of-
quota quantity in units of covered washer parts entered under 
the tariff lines in chapter 99 enumerated in the Annex to this 
proclamation has increased by an unjustifiable amount and 
undermines the effectiveness of the safeguard measure, the USTR 
is authorized, upon publishing a notice of such determination 
in the Federal Register, to modify the HTS provisions created 
by the Annex to this proclamation so as to modify the tariff-
rate quota on covered washer parts with a quantitative 
restriction on covered washer parts at a level that the USTR 
considers appropriate.
    (6) Any provision of previous proclamations and Executive 
Orders that is inconsistent with the actions taken in this 
proclamation is superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
    (7) The modifications to the HTS made in this proclamation, 
including the Annex hereto, shall be effective with respect to 
goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on 
or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on February 7, 2018, 
and shall continue in effect as provided in the Annex to this 
proclamation, unless such actions are earlier expressly 
reduced, modified, or terminated. One year from the termination 
of the safeguard measure established in this proclamation, the 
U.S. note and tariff provisions established in the Annex to 
this proclamation shall be deleted from the HTS.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord two 
thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States 
of America the two hundred and forty-second.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
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