[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2001)]
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                Proclamation 7389 of December 29, 2000

                
To Extend Nondiscriminatory Treatment (Normal 
                Trade Relations Treatment) to the Products of the 
                Republic of Georgia

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                1. The Republic of Georgia (Georgia) has made progress, 
                since its emergence from communism, toward democratic 
                rule and the creation of a free market economy. Georgia 
                has also made considerable progress toward respecting 
                fundamental human rights consistent with the objectives 
                of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (the ``Trade 
                Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2431, et seq.). Further, I have found 
                Georgia to be in full compliance with the freedom of 
                emigration requirements under the Trade Act. In 1993, 
                Georgia concluded a bilateral trade agreement with the 
                United States and in 1994 concluded a bilateral 
                investment treaty with the United States. Georgia 
                acceded to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on June 
                14, 2000. The extension of unconditional normal trade 
                relations treatment to the products of Georgia will 
                permit the United States to avail itself of all rights 
                under the WTO with respect to Georgia.

                2. Pursuant to section 3002 of Public Law 106-476, 114 
                Stat. 2101, 2175, and having due regard for the 
                findings of the Congress in section 3001 of that law, I 
                hereby determine that title IV of the Trade Act should 
                no longer apply to Georgia.

                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 
                3002 of Public Law 106-476, do hereby proclaim that:

                    (1) Nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade 
                relations treatment) shall be extended to the products 
                of Georgia; and
                    (2) The extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to 
                the products of Georgia shall be effective as of the 
                date of signature of this proclamation.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and twenty-fifth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

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