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THE WHITE HOUSE

Statement by the Press Secretary

For Release at 12:00 pm EDT April 8, 1994

STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY

Vice President Al Gore will be in Marrakesh, Morocco on April 14. He will meet with King Hassan II of Morocco and address the assembled ministers representing the 122 participants in the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade's Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations.

In his remarks to the ministers, the Vice President will address the significance of the just concluded Uruguay Round, and provide Administration perspectives on future global trade progress and the important links between world trade and sustainable economic growth. He will discuss issues of mutual interest with King Hassan II.

The Vice President will join United States Trade Representative Mickey Kantor and Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy in Marrakesh. Ambassador Kantor will represent the United States at the ceremony of signing the Final Act of the Uruguay Round on April 15.