Proclamation 2869—Termination of Haitian Trade Agreement Proclamation

Whereas, under the authority vested in him 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), the President of the United States of America entered into a trade agreement with the President of the Republic of Haiti on March 28, 1935 (49 Stat. 3738), and proclaimed such trade agreement by proclamation dated May 4, 1935 (49 Stat. 3737); and

Whereas the Government of the United States has agreed with the Government of the Republic of Haiti that the said trade agreement shall terminate (1) when the Republic of Haiti becomes a contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade as defined in Article XXXII thereof and (2) when all the concessions which were initially negotiated with Haiti and are provided for in Schedule XX contained in Annex A to the Annecy Protocol of Terms of Accession to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade enter into force; and

Whereas the Republic of Haiti became a contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade on January 1, 1950 (Proclamation No. 2867 dated December 22, 1949 (14 F.R. 7723); and

Whereas all the tariff concessions initially negotiated with Haiti contained in Schedule XX of Annex A to the Annecy Protocol of Terms of Accession entered into force on January 1, 1950; and

Whereas the said section 350(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, authorizes the President to terminate any proclamation carrying out a trade agreement entered into under such section:

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said section 350(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, do proclaim that the said proclamation dated May 4, 1935, is hereby terminated as of the close of December 31, 1949.

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 24th day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-fourth.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:

DEAN ACHESON,

Secretary of State.