[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 40 (Monday, October 7, 2002)]
[Pages 1677-1678]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Notification to the Congress of Trade Negotiations

October 1, 2002

Memorandum for the United States Trade Representative

Subject: Notification to the Congress of Trade Negotiations

    You are authorized and directed to notify the Congress pursuant to 
section 2104(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3804(a)(1)), of 
my intention to enter into negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement with 
the Kingdom of Morocco and a Free Trade

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Agreement with Central American Countries. You are also authorized and 
directed to notify the Congress, pursuant to section 2106(b)(2) of the 
Trade Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3806(b)(2)), of the ongoing negotiations on 
Free Trade Agreements with the Republic of Singapore and the Republic of 
Chile, negotiations to establish a Free Trade Area for the Americas, and 
negotiations under the auspices of the World Trade Organization.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., October 2, 
2002]

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on October 3, and it was published in the Federal Register on October 3.