    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [May 29, 1991]
    [Pages 578-579]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders on Trade With China
    May 29, 1991

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)
        I hearby transmit a document referred to in subsection 402(d)(1) of
    the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 2432(d)(1) (``the Act''),
    with respect to the continuation of a waiver
    of application of subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of the Act to
    the People's Republic of China. The document

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    includes my reasons for determining that the continuation of the waiver
    currently in effect for the People's Republic of China will
    substantially promote the objectives of section 402, and my
    determination to that effect.
        Documents concerning the extension of the authority to waive
    subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of the Act, including a
    determination with respect to other countries and the reasons therefor,
    are transmitted separately.
        Sincerely,

                                                                 George Bush

                        Note: Identical letters were sent to Thomas S.
                            Foley, Speaker of the House of Representatives,
                            and Dan Quayle, President of the Senate.