Proclamations Proc. 8180 United States over Government buildings on this solemn day. I also encour- age the American people to display the flag and hold appropriate cere- monies as a public expression of our Nation's sympathy and respect for our Gold Star Mothers. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the Inde- pendence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-sec- ond. GEORGE W. BUSH Proclamation 8180 of September 28, 2007 To Provide for Duty Elimination for Certain Goods of Mexico Under the North American Free Trade Agreement By the President of the United States of Arnerica A Proclamation 1. On December 17, 1992, the Governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America entered into the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The NAFTA was approved by the Congress in section 101(a) of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 103-182) (the "NAFTA Implementation Act") (19 U.S.C. 3311(a)) and was implemented with respect to the United States by Presi- dential Proclamation 6641 of December 15, 1993. 2. Section 201(b) of the NAFTA Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3331(b)) au- thorizes the President, subject to the consultation and layover requirements of section 103(a) of the NAFTA Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3313(a)), to proclaim accelerated schedules of duty elimination that the United States may agree to with Mexico or Canada. Consistent with Article 302(3) of the NAFTA, I, through my duly empowered representative, have entered into an agreement with the Government of Mexico providing for an accelerated schedule of duty elimination for specific goods of Mexico. The consultation and layover requirements of section 103(a) of the NAFTA Implementation Act with respect to such schedule of duty elimination have been satisfied. 3. Pursuant to section 201(b) of the NAFTA Implementation Act, I have de- termined that the modifications herein proclaimed of duties on goods origi- nating in the territory of Mexico are necessary or appropriate to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions with respect to Mexico provided for by the NAFTA, and to carry out the agree- ment with Mexico providing an accelerated schedule of duty elimination for specific goods. 4. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the "1974 Act") (19 U.S.C. 2483), authorizes the President to embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) the substance of relevant provisions of that Act, or other acts affecting import treatment, and actions taken thereunder. 103
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