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Article 7.
The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of China mutually agree that they will enter into negotiations for the conclusion of a comprehensive modern treaty of friendship commerce and consular rights upon the request of either government or in any case within six months after the cessation of the hostilities in the war against the common enemies in which they are now engaged. The treaty to be thus negotiated will be based upon the principles of international law and practice as reflecting in modern international procedures and in the modern treaties which the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of China respectively have in recent years concluded with other governments.
Pending the conclusion of a comprehensive treaty of the character referred to in the preceding paragraph if any questions affecting the rights in territory of the Republic of China of nationals (including corporations or associations) or of the Government, of the United States of America should arise as a consequence of the relinquishment of extraterritorial rights and if these questions are not covered by the present treaty or by the provisions of existing treaties conventions or agreements between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of China not inconsistent with
this treaty such questions shall be discussed by representatives of the two Governments and shall be decided in accordance with generally accepted principles of international law and with modern international practice.
Article Eight.
The present treaty shall come into force on the day of the exchange of ratifications.
The present treaty shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible.
Sighed at Washington this
day of 1942.