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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release March 11, 1998

March 9, 1998

                       Presidential Determination
                               No. 98-17

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

              SUBJECT:  Presidential Determination on
                        Section 402(c)(2)(A) of the Trade Act
                        of 1974 -- Vietnam

Pursuant to section 402(c)(2)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-618, January 3, 1975; 88 Stat. 1978, 19 U.S.C. 2432(c)(2)(A)) as amended (the "Act"), I determine that a waiver by Executive order of the application of subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of the Act with respect to Vietnam will substantially promote the objectives of section 402.

You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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