text: Department of comnerce being iequired for the export or re-export of goods and technical datat the policy was io refuse alL requests for shipftent to Cuba' as establisbed in the Export Administration Regulations \,th ich replaced the Export control- ReguLations j.ssueil b9 the Department of comnerce for the purposes of applying the Act. 37. Accordlng to the Exports Administration Regulations, the countrles to wtrich divided intonto seven qroups: S, T' V, w, x of countries, which a1l'ot'rs only certain were already included in the ExPort Cont(ol 38. when the 1979Export Aalministration Act expired on 30 SePtember 1983, President Reagan, in order to maintai.ncontrols over exports from the United states, declared a naLional economic e{nergency and invoked the authority of the 1977 Internati.onal Emergency Economic Powers Act (EEPA) on tl{o occasions' throuqh Presidential Proclamations tU+q, oe 14 october 1983, and I247o' of 30 arch 1984'A/40/596 Englistl Page 30 39. I'he legislation that restricts trade lrith Cuba includes legislation on tarlff t.reatnen t. 40. On 24 May 1962, the Uniled states, claiming grounds of national securlty andin violation of internationar lae, unilaterally annulled the nost-favou red-nat ion(MFN) and preferential trealment vrhich ttle two countries accorded each other underthe bilateral arrangements and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. 41. The suspension of MFN and preferentlal treatnent waa imposed under Treasurydecision 55638 of 13 June 1962, under the legal authorty of section 4or of the 1962Tariff Classification AcC (p.L. 456 ot 24 May 1962) (76 Stat, 7A) which decLared
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the export regulations and trade policies of the United States, specifically in relation to Cuba. It mentions the Export Administration Regulations, the Export Control Regulations, and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which suggests that the text is focused on international trade and economic policy.