Executive Order 12740—Waiver Under the Trade Act of 1974 With Respect to the Soviet Union
December 29, 1990
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 402(c)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 ("the Act") (c)(2)), which continues to apply to the Soviet Union pursuant to section 402(d), and having made the report to the Congress required by section 402(c)(2), I hereby waive the application of subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of the Act with respect to the Soviet Union.
George Bush
The White House,
December 29, 1990.
George Bush, Executive Order 12740—Waiver Under the Trade Act of 1974 With Respect to the Soviet Union Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/268982