[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 27, 1999)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 40723-40732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19395]



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Part VIII





The President





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Proclamation 7210--Imposition of Restraints on Imports of Certain Steel 
Products From the Russian Federation



Executive Order 13131--Further Amendments to Executive Order 12757, 
Implementation of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative
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                Proclamation 7210 of July 22, 1999

                
Imposition of Restraints on Imports of Certain 
                Steel Products From the Russian Federation

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                1. Article XI of the June 1, 1990, Agreement between 
                the United States of America and the Russian Federation 
                on Trade Relations (``the 1990 Agreement''), which was 
                entered into pursuant to title IV of the Trade Act of 
                1974, as amended (``the Trade Act''), provides that the 
                Parties will consult with a view toward finding means 
                of preventing market disruption, and authorizes the 
                Parties to take action, including the imposition of 
                import restrictions, to achieve this goal.

                2. The Government of the United States and the 
                Government of the Russian Federation (``Russia'') have 
                mutually agreed that the conditions of Article XI of 
                the 1990 Agreement have been met with respect to U.S. 
                imports of certain steel products from Russia described 
                in the Annex to this proclamation. Further, the 
                Governments have concluded an Agreement Concerning 
                Trade in Certain Steel Products from the Russian 
                Federation (``the 1999 Agreement'') on remedial and 
                preventative measures to address market conditions with 
                respect to such products.

                3. Section 125(c) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2135(c)) 
                provides that whenever the United States, acting in 
                pursuance of any of its rights or obligations under any 
                trade agreement entered into pursuant to the Trade Act, 
                withdraws, suspends, or modifies any obligation with 
                respect to the trade of any foreign country or 
                instrumentality, the President is authorized to 
                proclaim increased duties or other import restrictions, 
                to the extent, at such times, and for such periods as 
                he deems necessary or appropriate, in order to exercise 
                the rights or fulfill the obligations of the United 
                States.

                4. In pursuance of its rights under the 1990 Agreement, 
                the United States Government is withdrawing, 
                suspending, or modifying its obligations under Article 
                I of the 1990 Agreement with respect to the certain 
                steel products described in the Annex to this 
                proclamation by establishing import restrictions to 
                address market conditions with respect to these 
                products.

                5. I have determined that, effective immediately and 
                continuing so long as the 1999 Agreement remains in 
                effect, it is appropriate to proclaim import 
                restrictions as set forth in the Annex to this 
                proclamation in order to exercise the rights and 
                fulfill the obligations of the United States under the 
                1990 Agreement.

                6. Section 125(f) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2135(f)) 
                requires the President to provide an opportunity for 
                interested parties to present views at a public hearing 
                prior to taking action pursuant to section 125(b), (c), 
                or (d) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2135(b), (c), or 
                (d)). Interested parties presented their views at a 
                hearing held on March 2, 1999.

                7. Section 301 of title 3, United States Code, 
                authorizes the President to delegate his authority to 
                the head of any department or agency in the executive 
                branch to perform without approval, ratification, or 
                other action by the President any function that is 
                vested in the President by law.

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                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, 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 section 
                125(c) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2135(c)) and section 
                301 of title 3, United States Code, do proclaim that:

                    (1) Pursuant to U.S. rights under the 1990 
                Agreement and to implement and enforce the 1999 
                Agreement, imports of certain steel products from 
                Russia are restricted as provided in the Annex to this 
                proclamation.
                    (2) The Secretary of Commerce (``the Secretary'') 
                is authorized to exercise my authority to administer 
                the import restrictions on certain steel products 
                consistent with the 1999 Agreement as proclaimed 
                herein. The Secretary shall provide instructions and 
                any necessary interpretive guidance to the 
                Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service, concerning the 
                import restrictions set forth in this proclamation.
                    (3) Such restrictions shall be effective with 
                respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from 
                warehouse for consumption, on or after the date set 
                forth in the Annex and shall remain in effect during 
                the period of the 1999 Agreement.
                    (4) All provisions of previous proclamations and 
                Executive orders that are inconsistent with the actions 
                taken in this proclamation are superseded to the extent 
                of such inconsistency.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-second day of July, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-nine, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twenty-fourth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

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