    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book II)]
    [December 6, 1993]
    [Pages 2127-2128]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Exchange With Reporters Prior to Discussions With Prime Minister Felipe
    Gonzalez of Spain
    December 6, 1993

    North Korea

        Q. Mr. President, the IAEA has apparently rejected the North Korean
    response. Do you agree with that rejection?
        The President. Well, what the IAEA has said is that they didn't
    think it was entirely adequate. But we have to go back and respond to
    them and we--at least they came forward, they reacted to our initiative.
    And we're consulting with the South Koreans now. We'll have a
    conversation with them and see what happens.
        Q. Was it inadequate in your eyes----
        The President. Well, obviously they didn't say, ``We liked
    everything the United States said,'' and yes. So we were hoping that we
    could move more quickly, but I'm not entirely discouraged. We're talking
    to the South Koreans, and then we'll go back to the----

    Multilateral Trade Negotiations

        Q. Do you think the GATT agreement will be reached today in
    Brussels, Mr. President?
        The President. I don't know. I just spoke with Ambassador Kantor
    right before the Prime Minister came in, and they've made some more
    progress. There are still a couple of sticking issues. We'll just see.
        Q. On agriculture?
        The President. I think they're doing quite well on agriculture.
    We'll have to see.

    [At this point, one group of reporters left the room, and another group
    entered.]

    Meeting With Haitian Leaders

        Q. Mr. President, are you going to be meeting with President
    Aristide and Prime Minister Malval today? And what will you want to be
    discussing with them?
        The President. I don't think we'll have a final decision on that
    until sometime after noon. So I can't say yet. But we'll let you know as
    soon as we know for sure.

    Spain

        Q. Do you forecast many differences between the social security
    system between Spain and the United States?
        The President. Are there many differences?
        Q. Yeah.
        The President. Well, there are some, but I'm really looking forward
    to my conversation with the Prime Minister about it. All the countries,
    in Europe, Japan, and the United States, we're all having many of the
    same troubles. We're having troubles creating new jobs and growing the
    economy.
        I think Spain clearly would benefit from any initiative we can all
    take to increase economic

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    growth throughout the world. It's hard for any of us to grow unless the
    overall world economy is growing. And I really admire the reforms the
    Prime Minister has pursued, and I'm going to do what I can to support a
    high rate of growth in the world which would drive the unemployment rate
    in Spain down. I think it's very important.

    Cuba

        Q. Mr. President, the embargo?
        Q. Do you bring that to your hand--something about the Cuban
    embargo?
        The President. I'm sure we'll talk about Cuba.
        Q. The end of the embargo, maybe?
        The President. Not today, no.

    Note: The exchange began at 11:37 a.m. in the Oval Office at the White
    House. A tape was not available for verification of the content of this
    exchange.