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I have the further honor to confirm that the foregoing understanding is shared by my Government and constitutes an integral part of the Agreement.

Sincerely,

John R. Davis, Jr.

Proclamation 6578 of July 2, 1993

National Literacy Day, 1993 and 1994

By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

America is a grand and prosperous Nation. We enjoy the highest standard of living of any major nation, and we lead the world in many other aspects. For instance, many of the greatest educational institutions in the world are American. However, despite this success or maybe because of it-Americans take many things for granted. Our relative wealth has often led us to neglect the basic strengths on which this Nation was founded and has prospered. One of these strengths is an education level for all Americans adequate to support a productive work force, strong family structures, and a responsible citizenry.

Literacy is fundamental for all facets of life, yet there are approximately 27 million adults who lack the most fundamental skills necessary to survive and succeed in our society. It is my goal as President of the United States to give all Americans the opportunity to learn to read, write, and develop basic skills. National Literacy Day provides us a time to reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that all Americans possess the basic reading and math skills on which all further learning must be built.

The fifth National Education Goal calls for every American, by the year 2000, to possess the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a global economy. That goal highlights one critical fact of life: The world of work is changing rapidly. Americans, and especially young Americans, will never succeed in tomorrow's economy with yesterday's skills. That is why we must have the courage to change our education system to face the challenges of the 21st century.

My Administration's education reform legislation, the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, establishes high academic and occupational standards, while providing support to States and communities to help them reach those standards. Fifty million Americans have no high school diploma, and half of those who do graduate do not go on to college. We must be sure that these Americans receive the education and training they need to compete in a high-wage, high-skills economic climate.

Literacy is not a luxury. It is a right and a responsibility. It is hard for most of us to imagine functioning in our society without the ability to complete a job application or balance a checkbook. It is a disadvantage that is intolerable in a Nation dedicated to the principles of freedom and equality. In recent years progress has been made toward a more widely literate society. States and communities, volunteer and religious organizations, businesses and labor organizations have all made invaluable contributions to raising public awareness and assisting undereducated adults. I applaud the good work that these groups have done, and I encourage them to join in

a partnership with our Federal initiatives to completely erase American illiteracy by the year 2000.

To recognize the urgent need to increase literacy to ensure the future wellbeing of our country and all its citizens, the Congress, by House Joint Resolution 213, has designated July 2, 1993, and July 2, 1994, as "National Literacy Day" and has requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this day.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim July 2, 1993, and July 2, 1994, as "National Literacy Day."

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and seventeenth.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Proclamation 6579 of July 4, 1993

To Implement an Accelerated Tariff Schedule of Duty Elimination and To Modify Rules of Origin Under the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

1. On January 2, 1988, the President entered into the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement ("the Agreement"). The Agreement and certain letters exchanged between the Governments of Canada and the United States were approved by the Congress in section 101(a) of the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988 ("Implementation Act"), Public Law 100-449. The Agreement entered into force on January 1, 1989.

2. Section 201(b) of the Implementation Act grants the President, subject to the consultation and lay-over requirements of section 103(a) of the Implementation Act, the authority to proclaim such modifications as to which the United States and Canada may agree regarding the staging of any duty treatment set forth in Annexes 401.2 and 401.7 to the Agreement as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions with respect to Canada provided for by the Agreement.

3. Consistent with Article 401(5) of the Agreement, I, through my duly empowered representative, on June 30, 1993, entered into an agreement with the Government of Canada providing an accelerated schedule of duty elimination for specific goods of Annex 401.2 to the Agreement. The consultation and lay-over requirements of section 103(a) of the Implementation Act with respect to such schedule have been complied with.

4. Pursuant to section 201(b) of the Implementation Act, I have determined that the modifications hereinafter proclaimed to existing duties on goods

originating in the territory of Canada are necessary or appropriate to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions with respect to Canada provided for by the Agreement and to carry out the agreement with Canada providing an accelerated schedule of duty elimination for specific goods of Annex 401.2 to the Agreement.

5. Section 202(d)(1) of the Implementation Act authorizes the President to proclaim, as a part of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, implemented by the United States as the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States ("HTS"), the rules of origin set forth in Annex 301.2 of the Agreement. Section 202(d)(2) of the Implementation Act authorizes the President to proclaim, subject to the consultation and lay-over requirements of section 103(a) of the Implementation Act, such modifications to the rules as may from time to time be agreed to by the United States and Canada. I have decided, pursuant to an agreement entered into on June 30, 1993, between the United States and Canada, that certain modifications in the Agreement's rules of origin for particular goods of the HTS should be proclaimed as a part of the HTS. The consultation and lay-over requirements of section 103 of the Implementation Act with respect to such modifications have been complied with.

6. Section 201(a) of the Implementation Act authorizes the President to proclaim such modifications to or continuance of existing duties, such continuance of existing duty-free or excise treatment, or such additional duties as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out Article 401 of the Agreement and the schedule of duty reductions with respect to goods originating in the territory of Canada set forth in Annexes 401.2 and 401.7 to the Agreement.

7. Proclamation 6515 of December 16, 1992, among other actions, provided for the continuation of previously proclaimed staged duty reductions on Canadian goods in the HTS provisions modified in Annex I to Proclamation 6515. An error was made concerning the staged reductions for HTS subheading 4421.90.95. Therefore, I have decided that it is necessary and appropriate to correct this error.

8. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.Ċ. 2483), authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the substance of the relevant provisions of that Act, of other acts affecting import treatment, and actions thereunder, including removal, modification, continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other import restriction.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including but not limited to section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, and sections 201 and 202 of the Implementation Act, do proclaim that:

(1) In order to provide for an accelerated schedule of duty elimination for specific goods of Annex 401:2 to the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement and to modify the rules of origin for certain goods under the Agreement, the tariff treatment provided for in the HTS for certain goods originating in the territory of Canada and general note 3(c)(vii) to the HTS are modified as provided in sections A and B of the Annex to this proclamation.

(2) In order to correct the continued staged duty reductions on Canadian goods provided for in HTS subheading 4421.90.95, the HTS is modified as set forth in section C of the Annex to this proclamation.

(3) In order to implement accelerated elimination of the rate of duty otherwise applicable under section 466 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to the equipments, or any part thereof, including boats, originating in the territory of Canada and the expenses of repairs made in the territory of Canada upon U.S.-documented vessels (other than civil aircraft, as defined in general note 3(c)(iv) of the HTS)), such equipments, parts (including boats), and expenses of repairs shall be subject to duty at a rate of free, effective with respect to any U.S.-documented vessel arriving in any port of the United States on or after the date specified in a notice by the United States Trade Representative and published in the Federal Register.

(4) Any provisions of previous proclamations inconsistent with the provisions of this proclamation are hereby superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

(5) The modifications made by paragraph (1) of this proclamation shall be effective with respect to goods originating in the territory of Canada entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the dates set forth in sections A and B of the Annex to this proclamation.

(6) The modifications made by paragraph (2) of this proclamation shall be effective with respect to goods originating in the territory of Canada entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the dates set forth in section C of the Annex to this proclamation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and eighteenth.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

ANNEX

MODIFICATIONS TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES (“HTS") WITH RESPECT TO THE TARIFF TREATMENT OF CERTAIN GOODS ORIGINATING IN THE TERRITORY OF CANADA

Section A. Effective with respect to goods originating in the territory of Canada entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after July 1, 1993, the HTS is modified as follows: (1) For the following HTS provisions, in the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn, by striking the symbol "(CA)" and the duty rate preceding it, and inserting in lieu thereof in the parentheses following the "Free" rate of duty the symbol “(CA),” in alphabetical order:

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(2) For the following HTS subheadings, in the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn, by striking the symbol (“CA”) and the duty rate preceding it, and inserting in lieu thereof “Free (CA)”.

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(3) By inserting the following HTS subheadings in numerical sequence in subchapter V of chapter 99 in the HTS with the material, which is set forth in columnar format, inserted in the columns of the HTS designated "Heading/Subheading”, “Article Description", and "Rates of Duty 1-Special", respectively. Bracketed matter is included to assist in the understanding of proclaimed modifications.

(Goods originating...:]

"9905.06.10 Bulbs in soil (provided for in subheading 0601.20.90)
9905.07.01 Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa, chenensis) or Chinese lettuce
(Brassica rapa, pekinensis) (provided for in subheading
0704.90.40)

Free (CA)

Free (CA)

9905.07.05 Chinese radishes or daikons (Raphanus sativus, longipinnatus) (provided for in subheading 0706.90.20)

Free (CA)

9905.07.15 Green chili peppers, in brine (provided for in subheading 0711.90.60)

Free (CA)

9905.21.05 Prepared ingredients for salads, consisting of a salad dressing and other components packaged together for retail sale (provided for in subheading 2103.90.60)

9905.21.10 Conditioning, maturing or nutrient additives for flour; Dry honey coating; Honey flake; and Honey powder (all the foregoing goods provided for in subheading 2106.90.65)

Free (CA)

Free (CA)

9905.22.10 Citric acid additives containing citric acid, water, and more than 85 percent but not more than 95 percent of alcohol by weight (provided for in subheading 2207.10.30)

Free (CA)

9905.24.10 Cigar binders (provided for in subheading 2403.91.40)
9905.30.12 Ointment for moisturizing and protecting animal hooves (provided
for in subheading 3004.90.60 or 3307.90.00)

Free (CA)

Free (CA)

9905.30.15 Patches, impregnated with nicotine, used to assist in smoking withdrawal (provided for in subheading 3005.10.10)

Free (CA)

9905.30.25 Tablets containing norethindrone acetate or ethinyl estradiol (pro

vided for in subheading 3006.60.00)

Free (CA)

9905.33.10 Powders for perfuming or deodorizing rugs or carpets (provided for in subheading 3307.49.00)

Free (CA)

9905.39.02 Pintlepin assemblies consisting of a monofilament, braid, or monofilament and braid, with attached threading wire and metal tube (provided for in subheading 3916.90.10, 3916.90.30, 5404.10.80, 5609.00.30 or 5808.10.30); and Monofilament certified by the importer as intended for pintlepins or pintlepin assemblies (provided for in subheading 3916.90.10, 3916.90.30 or 5404.10.80)

9905.39.11 Flat profile shapes of polycarbonate, of a width of 100 cm or more, of a thickness of 4 mm or more but not exceeding 17 mm, having a cross-section solely of identically sized multiple rectangular voids (provided for in subheading 3916.90.50) .

Free (CA)

Free (CA)

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