A53 parties adequate opportunity, in accordance with customary business practice, to compete for participation in such purchases or sales. (c) No contracting party shall prevent any enterprise (whether or not an enterprise described in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph) under its jurisdiction from acting in accordance with the principles of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph. ['] 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply to imports of products for immediate or ultimate consumption in governmental use and not otherwise for re-sale or for use in the production of goods for sale. With respect to such imports, each contracting party shall accord to the trade of the other contracting parties fair and equitable treatment. ['] Article XVIII Adjustments in Connection with Economic Development 1. The contracting parties recognize that special governmental assistance may be required to promote the establishment, development or reconstruction of particular industries or particular branches of agriculture, and that in appropriate circumstances the grant of such assistance in the form of protective measures is justified. At the same time they recog- nize that an unwise use of such measures would impose undue burdens on their own economies and unwarranted restrictions on international trade, and might increase unnecessarily the diffi- culties of adjustment for the economies of other countries. 2. (a) If a contracting party, in the interest of its programme of economic development or reconstruction, considers it desirable [Post, p. A89 .] 1',\ (W T.31 .I!,47
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