Gerald R. Ford

“ In December, 1963, in the exercise of international rights accorded the United States, particularly paragraph 3 of Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (the GATT) , the United States notified the Contracting Parties to the GATT that it was suspending certain trade agreement concessions made by the United States and reflected in the United States Schedules to the GATT in response to a withdrawal of certain concessions with respect to poultry, resulting from the formation of the European Economic Community (now a part of the European Communities (the EC) ) . ”

“ Moreover, section 255 (b) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and section 350 (a) (6) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, authorize the termination, in whole or in part, of any proclamation issued pursuant to Title II of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, respectively. ”