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1 (c) INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OBJECTIVE.-The 2 President shall seek to establish in the renegotiation provided 3 for in part IX, paragraph 6, of the Agreement a system for 4 independent verification of information provided by parties to 5 the Agreement to the Committee on Government Procure6 ment pursuant to part VI, paragraph 9, of the Agreement. (d) REPORTS ON NEGOTIATIONS.

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(1) REPORT IN THE EVENT OF INADEQUATE PROGRESS.-If, during the renegotiations of the Agreement, the President at any time determines that the renegotiations are not progressing satisfactorily and are not likely to result, within twelve months of the commencement thereof, in an expansion of the Agreement to cover purchases by the entities of the governments of developed countries which are the principal purchasers of goods and equipment in appropriate product sectors, he shall so report to the congressional committees referred to in section 302(c)(1). Taking into account the objectives set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section and the factors required to be analyzed under section 302(t), the President shall further

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(a) OVERALL NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVE.-The Presi4 dent shall seek in the renegotiations provided for in part IX, 5 paragraph 6, of the Agreement more open and equitable 6 market access abroad, and the harmonization, reduction, or 7 elimination of devices which distort trade or commerce relat8 ed to Government procurement, with the overall goal of 9 maximizing the economic benefit to the United States 10 through maintaining and enlarging foreign markets for prod11 ucts of United States agriculture, industry, mining, and 12 commerce, the development of fair and equitable market 13 opportunities, and open and nondiscriminatory world trade. 14 In carrying out the provisions of this subsection, the Presi15 dent shall consider the assessment made in the report 16 required under section 306(a).

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commodities, or other articles of commerce. Such evaluation shall be accompanied by the President's recommendations for legislative and executive measures required to improve and simplify and to make more uniform and consistent such practices. Such evaluation and recommendations shall take into account the special problems affecting insular possessions of the United States with respect to such practices.

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1 gress a report which assesses the economic impact, including 2 the impact on employment in various regions of the United 3 States, of the waiver of the provisions of title III of the Act

4 of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), commonly referred

5 to as the Buy American Act, in the procurement of products 6 produced in labor surplus areas and of the waiver of procure7 ment set-asides for labor surplus areas.

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