Proclamation 2763—Termination of Trade Agreement Proclamations

Whereas, pursuant to the authority conferred by section 350(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the act of June 12, 1934 entitled AN ACT To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 (48 Stat. 943 and 944, ch. 474) the President of the United States of America entered into the following trade agreements:

(a) With the Belgo-Luxemburg Economic Union on February 27, 1935 (49 Stat. (pt. 2) 3681 to 3716), which trade agreement was proclaimed by the President on April 1, 1935 (49 Stat. (pt. 2) 3680 to 3717),

(b) With the Government of the French Republic on May 6, 1936 (53 Stat. (pt. 3) 2237 to 2290), which trade agreement was proclaimed by the President on May 16, 1936 (53 Stat. (pt. 3) 2236 to 2291), and

(c) With Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands on December 20, 1935 (50 Stat. (pt. 2) 1505 to 1557), which trade agreement was proclaimed by the President on December 28, 1935 (50 Stat. (pt. 2) 1504 to 1558 and was the subject of a supplementary proclamation by the President of April 10, 1937 (50 Stat. (pt. 2) 1559);

Whereas, pursuant to the authority conferred by said section 350(a), the period within which such authority might be exercised having been extended by the Joint Resolution approved March 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 24, ch. 22), the President entered into the following trade agreements:

(a) With His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, in respect of Canada, on November 17, 1938 (53 Stat. (pt. 3) 2350 to 2392), which trade agreement was proclaimed by the President on November 25, 1938 (53 Stat. (pt. 3) 2348 to 2394) and was the subject of a supplementary proclamation by the President of June 17, 1939 (53 Stat. (pt. 3) 2394 and 2395), and

(b) With His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on November 17, 1938 (54 Stat. (pt. 2) 1898 to 1985), which trade agreement was proclaimed by the President on November 25, 1938 (54 Stat. (pt. 2) 1897 to 1986) and was the subject of a supplementary proclamation by the President of December 6, 1939 (54 Stat. (pt. 2) 1987);

Whereas, the government of the United States of America has agreed severally with the Governments of Belgium (on behalf of the Belgo-Luxemburg Economic Union), Canada, the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland that the trade agreement with each of said countries which is listed in the 1st or the 2nd recital of this proclamation, except the right of termination on six months' notice of each such trade agreement, shall be inoperative for such time as the United States of America and such other country are both contracting parties to the General agreement on Tariffs and Trade of October 30, 1947 as defined in article XXXII thereof;

Whereas, as indicated in the 7th recital of the proclamation by the President of December 16, 1947 with respect to said general agreement, the Governments of the United States of America and of each of the countries named in the 3rd recital of this proclamation will apply the general agreement provisionally on and after January 1, 1948, and the United States of America and each of said countries will then be a contracting party to the general agreement as defined in article XXXII thereof;

And Whereas the final sentence of said section 350(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 authorizes the President to terminate in whole or in part the proclamation carrying out any trade agreement entered into under section 350(a);

Now, Therefore, be it known that I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority conferred by the said section 350. (a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, do hereby proclaim that each of the proclamations listed in the 1st or the 2nd recitals of this proclamation shall not be in effect after December 31, 1947 except insofar as it relates to the termination on six months' notice of the trade agreement with respect to which it was issued.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this twenty-fourth day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:

ROBERT A. LOVETT,

Acting Secretary of State.