[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]
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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
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 143 / Tuesday, July 27, 1999 /
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Title 3--
The President
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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.
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