PROCLAMATIONS-JULY 29, 31, 1948 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 29 th day of July in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred ard forty-eight, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-third. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President G C MARSHALL Secretary of State TERMINATION OF BRAZILIAN TRADE AGREEMENT PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION July 31, 1948 [No. 2802] WHEREAS (1), pursuant to the authority conferred 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 and 944, ch. 474) the President of the United States of America entered into a trade agreement with the President of the Republic of the United States of Brazil on February 2, 1935 including notes exchanged on April 17, 1935 (49 Stat. (pt. 2) 3809 to 3835), which trade agreement was proclaimed by the President on December 2, 1935 (49 Stat. (pt. 2) 3808 to 3836); WHEREAS (2) the Government of the United States of America has agreed with the Government of the United States of Brazil that said trade agreement referred to in the 1st recital of this proclamation, except the right of termination thereof on six months' notice, shall be inoperative for such time as the United States of America and the United States of Brazil are both contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, dated October 30, 1947, as defined in article XXXII thereof; WIIEREAS (3), as indicated in the 7th recital of Proclamation 2761A of December 16, 1947, the Government of the United States of America is applying said general agreement provisionally on and after January 1, 1948 with the result that the United States of America is such a contracting party; WHEREAS (4), as indicated in the 5th recital of the proclamation by the President of July 15, 1948, supplementing said proclamation of December 16, 1947, the Government of the United States of Brazil will be such a contracting party on July 31, 1948; and WHEREAS the final sentence of said section 350 (a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 authorizes the President to terminate in whole or in part the proclamation carrying out any trade agreement entered into under section 350 (a); NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority conferred by the said section 350 (a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, do hereby proclaim that said proclamation of December 2, 1935 shall not be in effect after July 30, 1948 except insofar as it re- lates to the termination on six months' notice of said trade agreement of February 2, 1935 including said notes exchanged on April 17, 1935. 19 U.S . C . §1351(a). 61 Stat., Pt. 5, p. A75 . Sl Stat., Pt. 2, p. 1105 . Ante, p. 1529. 61 Stat., Pt. 2, p. 1103 . 48 Stat. 944. 19 U.S. C . 1351(a). Proclamation re- specting noneffectiv- ity of designated proc- lamation. 1547 62 STAT.I
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