Text: President Clinton Asks Congress To Grant China Trade Waiver
(China's annual trade status to be renewed one more time)

President Clinton sent to the House of Representatives and to the Senate a letter recommending that China continue to receive the waiver from the Trade Act of 1974.

Following is the text of the letter:

(begin text)

June 2, 2000
TEXT OF A LETTER
FROM THE PRESIDENT
TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Berlin, Germany)
June 2, 2000

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)

I hereby transmit a report including my reasons for determining that continuation of the waiver currently in effect for the People's Republic of China under subsection 402(d)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, (the "Act") will substantially promote the objectives of section 402 of the Act.

Sincerely,

WILLIAM J. CLINTON (end text)

(Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)

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