    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 10107 of October 30, 2020
    To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of
    Preferences and for Other Purposes
    By the President of the United States of America
    A Proclamation
    1. In Executive Order 11844 of March 24, 1975, the President designated
    Thailand as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the
    Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.).
    2. Sections 502(d)(1) and 503(c)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as
    amended, (the ``1974 Act'';) (19 U.S.C. 2462(d)(1) and 2463(c)(1))
    provide that the President may withdraw, suspend, or limit the
    application of the duty-free treatment accorded under the GSP with
    respect to any beneficiary developing country and any article upon
    consideration of the factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c) of the
    1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2461 and 2462(c)).
    3. Section 502(c)(4) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(c)(4)) provides
    that, in determining whether to designate any country as a beneficiary
    developing country under the GSP, the President shall take into account
    the extent to which such country has assured the United States that it
    will provide equitable and reasonable access to the markets and basic
    commodity resources of such country and the extent to which such country
    has assured the United States that it will refrain from engaging in
    unreasonable export practices.
    4. Pursuant to sections 502(d)(1) and 503(c)(1) of the 1974 Act, and
    having considered the factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c),
    including in particular section 502(c)(4), I have determined that
    Thailand has not assured the United States that Thailand will provide
    equitable and reasonable access to its markets. Accordingly, it is
    appropriate to suspend the duty-free treatment accorded under the GSP to
    certain eligible articles that are the product of Thailand, effective on
    December 30, 2020.
    5. Pursuant to section 503(c)(1) of the 1974 Act, the President may
    withdraw, suspend, or limit the application of the duty-free treatment
    accorded to specified articles under the GSP when imported from
    designated beneficiary developing countries.
    6. Section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(A))
    subjects beneficiary developing countries, except those designated as
    least-developed beneficiary developing countries or beneficiary sub-
    Saharan African countries as provided in section 503(c)(2)(D) of the
    1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(D)), to competitive need limitations on
    the duty-free treatment afforded to eligible articles under the GSP.
    7. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act, I have determined
    that in 2019 certain beneficiary developing countries exported eligible
    articles in quantities exceeding the applicable competitive need
    limitations. I hereby terminate the duty-free treatment for such
    articles from such beneficiary developing countries.
    8. Pursuant to section 503(c)(1) of the 1974 Act, and having considered
    the factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c) of the 1974 Act, I have

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    determined to withdraw the application of the duty-free treatment
    accorded to a certain article.
    9. Pursuant to sections 501 and 503(a)(1)(A) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C.
    2461 and 2463(a)(1)(A)), the President may, after receiving the advice
    of the United States International Trade Commission (the
    ``Commission'';), designate certain articles as eligible for
    preferential tariff treatment under the GSP when they are imported from
    designated beneficiary developing countries.
    10. Pursuant to sections 501 and 503(a)(1)(A) of the 1974 Act, and
    having received advice from the Commission in accordance with section
    503(e) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(e)), I have determined to
    designate a certain article as an eligible article when it is imported
    from beneficiary developing countries.
    11. Section 503(c)(2)(F)(i) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(F)(i))
    provides that the President may disregard the competitive need
    limitation provided in section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the 1974 Act (19
    U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(A)(i)(II)) with respect to any eligible article from
    any beneficiary developing country if the aggregate appraised value of
    the imports of any such article into the United States during the
    preceding calendar year does not exceed the amount set forth in section
    503(c)(2)(F)(ii) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(F)(ii)).
    12. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(F)(i) of the 1974 Act, I have
    determined that the competitive need limitation provided in section
    503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the 1974 Act should be disregarded with respect
    to certain eligible articles from certain beneficiary developing
    countries.
    13. The short-form name of ``Macedonia''; has changed to ``North
    Macedonia,''; and I have determined that additional U.S. note 6 to
    Chapter 20 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS)
    should be modified to reflect this change.
    14. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) authorizes the
    President to embody in the HTS the substance of the relevant provisions
    of the 1974 Act, and of other Acts affecting import treatment, and
    actions thereunder, including 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 of America, including title V and section
    604 of the 1974 Act, do hereby proclaim that:
    (1) The duty-free treatment accorded under the GSP to certain
    eligible articles that are the product of Thailand is suspended,
    effective on December 30, 2020.
    (2) In order to reflect in the HTS this suspension of certain
    benefits under the GSP with respect to Thailand, general note 4(d) and
    pertinent subheadings of the HTS are modified as set forth in Annex I to
    this proclamation.
    (3) In order to provide that one or more countries should no longer
    be treated as beneficiary developing countries with respect to one or
    more eligible articles for purposes of the GSP, the Rates of Duty 1-
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    note 4(d) to the HTS are modified as set forth in sections A, B, and C
    of Annex II to this proclamation.
    (4) In order to withdraw the application of duty-free treatment
    accorded to one eligible article for purposes of the GSP, the Rates of
    Duty 1-Special subcolumn for the corresponding HTS subheading is
    modified as set forth in section D of Annex II to this proclamation.
    (5) In order to designate a certain article as an eligible article
    when imported from a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the
    GSP, the Rates of Duty 1-Special column for the corresponding HTS
    subheading is modified as set forth in section E of Annex II to this
    proclamation.
    (6) The competitive need limitation provided in section
    503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the 1974 Act is disregarded with respect to the
    eligible articles in the HTS subheadings and to the beneficiary
    developing countries set forth in Annex III to this proclamation.
    (7) In order to reflect the change in the name of Macedonia, U.S.
    note 6 to chapter 20 of the HTS is modified by deleting ``Macedonia'';
    and inserting ``North Macedonia''; in alphabetical order.
    (8) The modifications to the HTS set forth in Annex II and Annex III
    of this proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles entered
    for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or
    after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on November 1, 2020.
    (9) Any 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 thirtieth day of
    October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
    fifth.
    DONALD J. TRUMP

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