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Exchange of Notes between Canada and the United States of America constituting an Agreement amending the Interim Agreement of December 17, 1965 [1967] CATSer 10 (30 June 1967)

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EXCHANGE OF NOTES BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONSTITUTING AN AGREEMENT AMENDING THE INTERIM AGREEMENT OF DECEMBER 17, 1965

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The Ambassador Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, United States Mission, to the Ambassador, Head of the Canadian Delegation to the GATT Trade Negotiations

DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
UNITED STATES MISSION, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

June 30, 1967

His Excellency Sydney D. Pierce
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Head of the Canadian Delegation to the
GATT Trade Negotiations
7, rue des Alpes
Geneva

Dear Mr. Ambassador:

I have the honour to refer to conversations which have been held by the Delegations of the United States and of Canada to the 1964-67 Trade Conference regarding the treatment, under The United States Trade Expansion Act of 1962, of the concessions on certain articles in the Interim Agreement of December 17, 1965, between the United States and Canada relating to the Renegotiation of Schedule XX (United States) to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which articles are the subject of further concessions in Schedule XX (United States) to the Geneva (1967) Protocol of June 30, 1967, to the General Agreement.

It is my understanding of these conversations that, notwithstanding the provisions of the Interim Agreement of December 17, 1965, the stage of duty reduction which became effective thereunder on January 1, 1967, shall be the final stage of reduction under that agreement for the concessions provided for in items 245.30, 245.90, 607.50, 607.51, 646.92, 660.10, 660.22, 661.20, 685.42, 694.60 and 734.20 in Annex II thereto.

If the above is also your understanding of these conversations, I propose that this Note and your reply be regarded as constituting an agreement establishing, as provided for herein, new final stages for the enumerated concessions under the Interim Agreement of December, 17, 1965.

Sincerely yours,

W. Michael Blumenthal

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The Ambassador, Head of the Canadian Delegation to the GATT Trade Negotiations, to the Ambassador, Special Associate Representative for Commercial Negotiations, United States Permanent Mission

CANADIAN DELEGATION

June 30, 1967

His Excellency W. Michael Blumenthal, Ambassador
Special Associate Representative for Commercial Negotiations,
United States Permanent Mission
Geneva, Switzerland

Dear Ambassador Blumenthal:

I acknowledge receipt of your letter of June 30, 1967 concerning the treatment of the concessions on certain articles in the Interim Agreement of December 17, 1965, between the United States and Canada relating to the Renegotiations of Schedule XX (United States) to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, which articles are the subject of further concessions in Schedule XX (United States) to the Geneva (1967) Protocol of June 30, 1967, to the General Agreement.

I agree that your letter and my reply be regarded as constituting an agreement establishing, as provided for therein, new final stages for the enumerated concessions under the Interim Agreement of December 17, 1965.

Yours Sincerely,

Sydney D. Pierce