[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 15 (Monday, April 13, 1998)]
[Pages 599-600]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders on Most-Favored-Nation Status for 
Vietnam

April 7, 1998

Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)

    Pursuant to subsection 402(c)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974, 
(hereinafter the ``Act''), I have issued an Executive order waiving the 
application of subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of the Act with 
respect to Vietnam.

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    I wish to report to the Congress that I have determined that the 
requirements of subsections 402(c)(2)(A) and (B) of the Act have been 
satisfied.
    Sincerely,
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: Identical letters were sent to Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate.