[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 23 (Monday, June 8, 1998)]
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Memorandum on Most-Favored-Nation Status for Vietnam

June 3, 1998

Presidential Determination No. 98-27

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 (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 Vietnam 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