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President Vetoes H.R. 2933, amending the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act [Veto Statements and Announcements]
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President Vetoes H.R. 2933, amending the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act [Veto Statements and Announcements]
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Digitized from Box 6 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JANUARY 4, 1975
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
MEMORANDUM OF DISAPPROVAL
I am withholding my approval from H.R. 2933, a bill
which would amend the Agricultural Marketing Agreement
Act to make existing grade and quality restrictions on
certain imported commodities applicable to imported
filberts.
In my judgment, the bill would be unfair to the
American consumer and the American farmer, as well as
prejudicial to the interests of American trade policy.
H.R. 2933 would be unfair to the consumer because
it could unnecessarily increase prices for filbert products.
Existing law already requires all imported foodstuffs to
meet health standards prescribed under the Food and Drug
Act.
The bill could also produce unfair consequences for
the farmer by causing the loss of some of his important
markets abroad. It could result at best in comparatively
limited benefits for domestic producers while risking
retaliation from abroad against the larger volume of other
products exported by our farmers.
Finally, the bill would be prejudicial to our trade
policy because it would be inconsistent with our obligations
under the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade. It
would erect a non-tariff trade barrier at a time when
we are trying to persuade other nations to dismantle
theirs.
Although there are other commodities which are subject
to the same statutory restrictions that H.R. 2933 would
impose on filberts, no new commodities have been included
in that list since January of 1971. I cannot in good
conscience support the addition of a new commodity just
after signing into law the new Trade Act which has a
major aim of eliminating non-tariff trade barriers.
For the foregoing reasons, I am compelled to
withhold my approval from H.R. 2933.
GERALD R. FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE,
JANUARY 3, 1975
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