NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT FOR THE PRODUCTS OF EAST GERMANY.

SEC. 142. NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT FOR THE PRODUCTS OF EAST GERMANY. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may, by proclamation, lower the rate of duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States on products of the German Democratic Republic that are entered, or withdrawn from ware-house for consumption, in the customs territory of the United States— (1) after September 30, 1990; and (2) before the beginning date on which a unified Germany is treated as a country eligible for column 1 duty treatment under such Harmonized Schedule; to any rate of duty that is not lower than the rate that would be imposed if the column 1 general rate of duty provided for in such Schedule applied to the product at the time of entry or withdrawal.