Text of a Letter: Proclamation to Implement the Non-Textile /Apparel Benefits of the African Growth and Opportunity Act

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TEXT OF A LETTER: Proclamation to Implement the Non-Textile /Apparel Benefits of the African Growth and Opportunity Act

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                              THE WHITE HOUSE

                       Office of the Press Secretary

     _________________________________________________________________
     For Immediate Release                           December 19, 2000


                    TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
              TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                      AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE


                                 December 18, 2000


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

I hereby transmit a Proclamation to implement the non-textile/apparel
benefits of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Title I of Public Law
106-200) (AGOA) by expanding the list of products eligible for duty-free
treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program when
imported from beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries.

                              Sincerely,




                              WILLIAM J. CLINTON




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