Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 6.djvu/961

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PROCLAMATION 6175—SEPT. 6, 1990 104 STAT. 5351 ARTICLE I. — APPLICATION OF THE GATT, MOST-FAVORED- NATION TREATMENT, AND THE STATUS OF CERTAIN GATT CODES 1. Both Parties reaffirm the importance of their participation in the GATT and the importance of the provisions and principles of the GATT for their respective economic poUcies. 2. To this end, the Parties shall apply between themselves the provisions of the GATT, as those provisions apply to each Party, and shall accord each other's products most-favored-nation treatment as provided in the GATT, provided that, to the extent any provision of the GATT is inconsistent with any provision of this Agreement, the latter shall apply. 3. Both Parties reaffirm the importance of their participation in the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the GATT and the Protocol to that Agreement (Customs Valuation), and the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the GATT (Anti- Dumping] and the importance of the provisions and principles therein for their respective economic policies. Both Parties commit to participating in multilateral negotiations pertaining to those agreements with a view towards improving them. 4. Each Party shall accord to imports of products and services originating in the territory of the other Party most-favored-nation treatment with respect to the allocation of and access to the currency needed to pay for such imports. ARTICLE II.— MA INTAINING A SATISFACTORY BALANCE OF MARKET OPPORTUNITIES 1. The Parties agree to maintain a satisfactory balance of market access opportunities in trade in products and services, taking into account, inter alia, the extent of tariffs or other duties or charges on trade in products and services; the extent of non-tariff barriers; the effects of state-to-state trade agreements; and the extent of responsibilities and rights deriving from those GATT Codes or similar agreements to which both Parties are signatories, and in particular to reciprocate satisfactorily reductions by the other Party in tariffs and nontariff barriers to trade that result from multilateral negotiations. 2. Each Party shall administer all tariff and nontariff measures affecting trade in products and services in a manner which affords, with respect to both third country and domestic competitors, meaningful competitive opportunities for products and services of the other Party. 39-194O- 91-31:QL3Part6