*EPF505 05/30/2003
Text: Bush Recommends Continuing Normal Trade Relations with Vietnam
(Presidential Determination No. 2003-24) (190)

Following is the text of a May 29 presidential determination recommending Congress continue to grant Vietnam conditional normal trade relations (NTR) status, formerly known as most-favored-nation (MFN) trading status:

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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
May 30, 2003

May 29, 2003

Presidential Determination No. 2003-24

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 for Vietnam

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 subsection 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.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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