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THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                           (Cleveland, Ohio)
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                       June 3, 1998

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

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