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WORLD TRADE G/SG/Q2/USA/2
9July1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2881)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
UNITED STATES -PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARD MEASURES
CONCERNING BROOM CORN BROOMS
Results ofConsultations
Reply oftheUNITED STATES1
toQuestions Posed byCOLOMBIA2
Thefollowingcommunication,dated4July1997,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
oftheUnited States.
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Q. Onwhat datedidtheUnited States adopt thedecision toapply thesafeguard measure
tobroom cornbrooms?
- When theInternational Trade Commission determined theexistence ofinjury;
or
- when theCommission submitted itsrecommendations tothePresident; or
- when thePresident decided toapply thesafeguard measure?
Reply
Inaccordance withsection 203oftheTrade Actof1974, asamended (19U.S.C. section 2253),
thePresident applied safeguard measures toimports ofbroom corn brooms inPresidential
Proclamation 6961 of28November 1996.
Itshould benoted thatparagraph 2ofsection 203includes theInternational Trade Commission 's
recommendation andreport asonlyoneamong several specified factors thatthePresident mustconsider
inmaking hisdetermination oftheaction thatshould betaken.
1G/L/136-G/SG/6 .
2G/SG/Q2/USA/1.