[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 22 (Monday, June 2, 1997)]
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Memorandum on Most-Favored-Nation Trade Status for China

May 29, 1997

Presidential Determination No. 97-25

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Determination Under Subsection 402(d)(1) of the Trade Act of 
1974, as Amended--Continuation of Waiver Authority

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me under the Trade Act of 1974, 
as amended, Public Law 93-618, 88 Stat. 1978 (hereinunder ``the Act''), 
I determine, pursuant to subsection 402(d)(1) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 
2432(d)(1), that the further extension of the waiver authority granted 
by subsection 402(c) of the Act will substantially promote the 
objectives of section 402 of the Act. I further determine that 
continuation of the waiver applicable to the People's Republic of China 
will substantially promote the objectives of section 402 of the Act.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the 
Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on May 30.