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Developments in the Law and Institutions of International Economic Relations*–The Kennedy Round of Trade Negotiations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2017

John B. Rehm
John B. Rehm*
Affiliation:
Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, Executive Office of the President, “Washington, D. C.
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On June 30, 1967, in Geneva, Switzerland, Ambassador W. Michael Blumenthal, acting at the direction of the President, signed five multilateral agreements on behalf of the United States. He and the representatives of 45 other countries thereby concluded the Kennedy Round of trade negotiations and formalized an elaborate set of international obligations which, over a period of four years, would see the most extensive liberalization of trade ever achieved through co-operative action on the part of the trading countries of the world.

Type
Research Article
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , April 1968 , pp. 403 - 434
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1968

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Footnotes

**

The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of any agency of the U. S. Government

*

Edited by Stanley D. Metzger.

References

1 The four agreements not discussed in this article are the protocols for the accession of Argentina, Iceland, Ireland, and Poland to the GATT.

2 The Trade Expansion Act is codified in Sees. 1801-1991 of Title 19 of the U. S. Code. In particular, Sees. 201, 202, 211, 212, and 213 of the Act are codified in Sees. 1821, 1822, 1831, 1832, and 1833, respectively, of Title 19. For a discussion of the then pending Trade Expansion Act of 1962, see 1962 Proceedings, American Society of International Law 135-158.

3 H, Doc. No. 314, 87th Cong., 2d Sess. (1962).

4 S. Rep. No. 2059, 87th Cong., 2d Sess., p. 13 (1962).

5 U. S. Tariff Commission Report to the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations on Investigation No. 332-47 Under Section 332 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (TC Pub. 181, July, 1966).

6 See U. S. Tariff Commission Notice, 31 F.R. 10430 (August, 1966).

7 S. Con. Res. 83 was reported out by the Senate Finance Committee as S. Con. Res. 100 on June 28, 1966. It was then passed by the Senate on June 29, 1966, by a voice vote with no more than ten Senators on the floor. The resolution was not taken up in the House.

8 Agreement with Respect to Quality Wheat with E.E.C, March 7, 1962, T.I.A.S., No. 5035; and Agreement with Respect to Corn, Sorghum, Ordinary Wheat, Rice and Poultry with E.E.C, March 7, 1962, T.I.A.S., No. 5034.

9 Proclamation No. 3564, Dec. 4, 1963 (48 C.F.E. Part 12). For a discussion of the “chicken w a r “ see Herman Walker, 58 A.J.I.L. 671 (1964).

10 Agreement on Cereals with United Kingdom, April 15, 1964, T.I.A.S., No. 5581

11 ” The Antidumping Act, 1921, is codified in Sees. 160-171 of Title 19 of tie V. S. Code. For a discussion of the Act, see article by James Pomeroy Hendrick in 58 A.J.I.L. 914 (1964).

12 Senator Hartke has charged that the Code is inconsistent with the Act and can be implemented only if the Act is amended. See pp. S10571-10573, Cong. Rec, Aug. 23,1967.

13 Par. 6, Sec. 9, of Art. I of the Constitution: “No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another.“