Waiver Under the Trade Act of 1974 With Respect to the Republic of Belarus
Signed July 1, 2009·Barack Obama·74 FR 32047
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Invoking subsection 402(c)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974, and after reporting to Congress as that provision requires, the order waives application of subsections 402(a) and (b) of the Act with respect to the Republic of Belarus. Those subsections generally restrict trade benefits, such as most-favored-nation treatment, for countries that limit emigration or otherwise fall under the Act's freedom-of-emigration requirements. By issuing this waiver, the order allows Belarus to be exempted from those restrictions, based on the President's authority under section 402(d) of the Act, which keeps the waiver process available for Belarus.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including subsection 402(c)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the “Act”) (19 U.S.C. 2432(c)(2)), which continues to apply to the Republic of Belarus pursuant to subsection 402(d) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2432(d)), and having made the report to the Congress set forth in subsection 402(c)(2), I hereby
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The order, in full
Executive Order 13510 of July 1, 2009
Waiver Under the Trade Act of 1974 With Respect
to the Republic of Belarus
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including subsection 402(c)(2) of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended (the “Act”) (19 U.S.C.
2432(c)(2)), which continues to apply to the Republic
of Belarus pursuant to subsection 402(d) of the Act (19
U.S.C. 2432(d)), and having made the report to the
Congress set forth in subsection 402(c)(2), I hereby
waive the application of subsections (a) and (b) of
section 402 of the Act with respect to the Republic of
Belarus.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 1, 2009.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed July 1, 2009. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.