[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 42 (Monday, October 21, 2002)]
[Page 1783]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Notification to the Congress of Trade Negotiation

October 16, 2002

Memorandum for the United States Trade Representative

Subject: Notification to the Congress of Trade Negotiation

    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 five member countries of the Southern African Customs Union 
(Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland).
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:01 a.m., October 17, 
2002]

Note: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on October 
18.