Report, Utgåva 65

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934
 

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Sida 13 - The past experience of the United States with respect to the difficulty of obtaining reciprocal tariff concessions by means of treaties and the greater success in negotiating Executive agreements under previous authorization by the Congress may be significant as a guide to future policy regarding methods of tariff...
Sida 5 - The United States of America and the republic of Colombia, desiring to live in peace and harmony with all the other nations of the earth, by means of a policy frank and equally friendly with all, engage mutually not to grant any particular favor to other nations, in respect of commerce and navigation, which shall not immediately become common to the other party, who shall enjoy the same freely, if the concession was freely made, or on allowing the same compensation, if the concession was conditional.
Sida 4 - Any advantage of whatsoever kind which either high contracting party may extend to any article, the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country shall simultaneously and unconditionally, without request and without compensation, be extended to the like article, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the other high contracting party...
Sida 5 - The Most Christian King and the United States engage mutually not to grant any particular favour to other nations, in respect of commerce and navigation, which shall not immediately become common to the other party, who shall enjoy the same favour, freely, if the concession was freely made, or on allowing the same compensation, if the concession was conditional.
Sida 11 - ... the reclamations which it had formed in relation to the eighth article of the treaty of cession of Louisiana. It engages, moreover, to establish on the long staple cottons of the United States, which, after the exchange of the ratifications of the present convention, shall be brought directly thence to France by the vessels of the United States, or by French vessels, the same duties as on short staple cottons.
Sida 17 - ... Serb-Croat-Slovene State (Yugoslavia), Siam, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Zanzibar. Some of these treaties make specified exceptions to most-favored-nation treatment. Our treaty with England assures the most-favored-nation treatment only in "European territories of Great Britain." The United States excepts its commerce with Cuba, the Panama Canal Zone, and any territory or possession of the United States; and some of the other countries reserve the right to make special concessions to certain...
Sida 12 - ... effective. Out of the 10, 2 were rejected by the foreign country, 2 were negotiated by one President, but not accepted by his successor, and the other 6 were suppressed by congressional action or inaction — 4 were rejected by the Senate, 1 failed for lack of the necessary legislation, and 1 because amendment by the Senate had made it unacceptable to the other country.
Sida 4 - ... respect to all like imports from other countries, and, in return for said preferential rates of duty granted to the Republic of Cuba by the United States, it is agreed that the concession herein granted on the part of the said Republic of Cuba to the products of the United States shall likewise be, and shall continue, during the term of this convention, preferential in respect to all like imports from other countries.
Sida 12 - The Tariff Act of 1897 contained a direct authorization to the Executive to negotiate reciprocity treaties, with the limitation that no concession exceeding 20 percent of the rates contained in said tariff act should be made, except that natural products of the foreign country not produced in the United States might be transferred to the free list.

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