Jimmy Carter

“ The Commissioner of Customs shall take such action as the U.S. Trade Representative shall direct in the implementation and administration of the import relief herein proclaimed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fourth. ”

“ The USITC determined that nonelectric cooking ware of steel, enameled or glazed with vitreous glasses, is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof, to the domestic industry producing articles like or directly competitive with the imported articles. ”

“ On January 2, 1980, pursuant to section 202 (b) (1) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2252 (b) (1) ) , and after taking into account the considerations specified in section 202 (c) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2252 (c) ) , I determined to remedy or prevent the injury or threat thereof, found to exist by the USITC, by proclaiming a temporary duty increase. ”