[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 25 (Monday, June 28, 1993)]
[Pages 1175-1176]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Trade With Mauritania

 June 25, 1993

Memorandum for the United States Trade Representative

Subject: Actions Concerning the Generalized System of Preferences

    Pursuant to sections 502(b)(4), 502(b)(7), 502(c)(5), and 504 of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the 1974 Act) (19 U.S.C. 2462(b)(4), 
2462(b)(7), 2462(c)(5), and 2464), I am authorized to make 
determinations concerning the alleged expropriation without compensation 
by a beneficiary developing country, to make findings concerning whether 
steps have been taken or are being taken by certain beneficiary 
developing countries to afford internationally recognized worker rights 
to workers in such countries, to take into account in determining the 
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) eligibility of a beneficiary 
developing country the extent to which certain beneficiary developing 
countries are providing adequate and effective means under its laws for 
foreign nationals to secure, to exercise, and to enforce exclusive 
rights in intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, and 
copyrights, and to modify the application of duty-free treatment under 
the GSP currently being afforded to such beneficiary developing 
countries as a result of my determinations.
    Specifically, after considering a private sector request for a 
review concerning the alleged expropriation by Peru of property owned by 
a United States person allegedly without prompt, adequate, and effective 
compensation, without entering into good faith negotiations to provide 
such compensation or otherwise taking steps to discharge its 
obligations, and without submitting the expropriation claim to 
arbitration, I have decided to continue the review of the alleged 
expropriation by Peru.
    Second, after considering various private sector requests for a 
review of whether or not certain beneficiary developing countries have 
taken or are taking steps to afford internationally recognized worker 
rights (as defined in section 502(a)(4) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 
2462(a)(4)) to workers in such countries, and in accordance with section 
502(b)(7) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(b)(7)), I have determined that 
Panama has taken or is taking steps to afford internationally recognized 
worker rights, and I have determined that Mauritania has not taken and 
is not taking steps to afford such internationally recognized rights. 
Therefore, I am notifying the Congress of my intention to suspend the 
GSP eligibility of Mauritania. Finally, I have determined to continue to 
review the status of such worker rights in Bah- 

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rain, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malawi, Oman, and 
Thailand.
    Third, after considering various private sector requests for a 
review of whether or not certain beneficiary developing countries are 
providing adequate and effective means under their laws for foreign 
nationals to secure, to exercise, and to enforce exclusive rights in 
intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights, I 
have determined to continue the review of the Dominican Republic, 
Guatemala, and Honduras.
    Fourth, pursuant to section 504(f) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 
2464(f)), I am hereby acting to modify the application of duty-free 
treatment under the GSP currently being afforded to Israel.
    Specifically, I have determined under the provisions of section 
504(f) that the per capita gross national product for Israel, calculated 
on the basis of the best available information, including 1992 World 
Bank statistics, exceeds the applicable limit provided in section 
504(f)(2). Accordingly, pursuant to section 504(f)(1)(A), beginning on 
July 1, 1993, and continuing through June 30, 1995, the limitations of 
preferential treatment provided under section 504(c)(1)(B) of the 1974 
Act (19 U.S.C. 2464(c)(1)(B)) shall be applied substituting ``25 
percent'' for ``50 percent.'' Furthermore, pursuant to section 
504(f)(1)(B), effective July 1, 1995, Israel shall no longer be treated 
as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the GSP.
    Pursuant to section 504 of the 1974 Act, after considering various 
requests for a waiver of the application of section 504(c) of the 1974 
Act (19 U.S.C. 2464(c)) with respect to certain eligible articles, I 
have determined that it is appropriate to modify the application of 
duty-free treatment under the GSP currently being afforded to certain 
articles and to certain beneficiary developing countries. Further, in 
order to convert a prior Presidential decision taken in terms of the 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (TSUS) into the nomenclature of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), I have also 
determined that it is appropriate to convert the waiver of section 
504(c) of the 1974 Act with respect to lawn tennis balls provided for in 
TSUS 734.85 from Indonesia into the HTS nomenclature, specifically HTS 
subheading 9506.91.00.
    Specifically, pursuant to section 504(c)(3) of the 1974 Act (19 
U.S.C. 2464(c)(3)), I have determined that it is appropriate to waive 
the application of section 504(c) of the 1974 Act with respect to 
certain eligible articles from certain beneficiary developing countries. 
I have received the advice of the United States International Trade 
Commission on whether any industries in the United States are likely to 
be adversely affected by such waivers, and I have determined, based on 
that advice and on the considerations described in sections 501 and 
502(c) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2461 and 2462(c)), that such waivers 
are in the national economic interest of the United States. The waivers 
of the application of section 504(c) of the 1974 Act apply to the 
eligible articles in the HTS subheadings and the beneficiary developing 
countries set opposite such HTS subheadings enumerated below.

    HTS subheadings and countries granted waivers of section 504(c) of 
      the 1974 Act

                                                                        
           HTS Subheading                          Country              
                                                                        
 7202.50.00........................                 Zimbabwe            
 8521.10.60........................                 Malaysia            
 8527.11.60........................                 Malaysia            
                                                                        

    These determinations shall be published in the Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 4:54 p.m., June 25, 
1993]

Note: This memorandum will be published in the Federal Register on June 
29.