- § 1821. Basic authority for trade agreements
- § 1822. Repealed.
- § 1823. Waiver of limitation on decrease in duty and negotiation and staging requirements for dicyandiamide and limestone
§ 1821. Basic authority for trade agreements
(a) Determination by President; trade agreements; modification or continuance of existing duties
Whenever the president determines that any existing duties or other import restrictions of any foreign country or the United States are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States and that any of the purposes stated in section 1801 of this title will be promoted thereby, the President may—
(1) after June 30, 1962, and before July 1, 1967, enter into trade agreements with foreign countries or instrumentalities thereof; and
(2) proclaim such modification or continuance of any existing duty or other import restriction, such continuance of existing duty-free or excise treatment, or such additional import restrictions, as he determines to be required or appropriate to carry out any such trade agreement.
(b) Restrictions on decrease or increase in rate of duty
Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, no proclamation pursuant to subsection (a) shall be made—
(1) decreasing any rate of duty to a rate below 50 percent of the rate existing on July 1, 1962; or
(2) increasing any rate of duty to (or imposing) a rate more than 50 percent above the rate existing on July 1, 1934.
(Pub. L. 87–794, title II, § 201, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 872.)
§ 1822. Repealed. Pub. L. 93–618, title VI, § 602(d), Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2072
§ 1823. Waiver of limitation on decrease in duty and negotiation and staging requirements for dicyandiamide and limestone
For purposes of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 [19 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.], section 201(b)(1) [19 U.S.C. 1821(b)(1)] (relating to limit on decrease in duty), sections 221, 223, and 224 [19 U.S.C. 1841, 1843, 1844] (relating to certain requirements concerning negotiations), and section 253 [19 U.S.C. 1883] (relating to staging requirements) of such Act shall not apply with respect to dicyandiamide provided for in item 425.40 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States, and shall not apply with respect to limestone, when imported to be used in the manufacture of cement, provided for in item 513.34 of such Schedules.
(Pub. L. 90–14, May 5, 1967, 81 Stat. 14.)