[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 23 (Monday, June 8, 1998)]
[Pages 1025-1026]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Most-Favored-Nation Status for China

June 3, 1998

Presidential Determination No. 98-26

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

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


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    Pursuant to the authority vested in me under the Trade Act of 1974, 
as amended, Public Law 93-618, 88 Stat. 1978 (hereinafter ``the Act''), 
I determine, pursuant to section 402(d)(1) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 
2432(d)(1), that the further extension of the waiver authority granted 
by section 402 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