Manufacturing Clause
Manufacturing Clause: a dispute brought before the GATT Council in 1983 by the European Communities. The facts were that Section 601 (the Manufacturing Clause) of United States Public Law 97-215 of 1982 prohibited, with certain exceptions, the import into the United States or public distribution there of a work under copyright consisting mainly of non-dramatic material unless the material had been manufactured in the United States or Canada. The definition of "manufacture" included typesetting, printing and binding. The Manufacturing Clause had originally been enacted in 1891 and amended several times. The 1976 amendment included a sunset clause applicable before 1 July 1982. The Act expired and was re-enacted on 13 July 1982 with 1986 as the new expiry date. The main interest in this case was in whether the amended Act was covered by the Protocol of Provisional Accession. This protocol allowed GATT
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