Subject: The Text of MFN Executive Order (IFCSS HQ NR-4132)

From: IFCSS HQ <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 31 May 1993 17:02:51 -0400

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IFCSS Headquarters News Release No. 4132          May 30, 1993
            THE TEXT OF MFN EXECUTIVE ORDER
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Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS)
   733 15th Street, N.W., Suite 440, Washington, D.C.20005
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      In the afternoon of May 28, 1993, HQ officers Geng Xiao,
He Baoping, Shi Heping and Zhang Qingsong were invited to the
White House to meet with Mr. Kent Wiedemann, Special Assistant
to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs of the 
National Security Council. They talked about MFN, Radio Free
Asia and the Protection Act.

      The following is the text of the Executive Order about
China's MFN status.

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                    Executive Order
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             CONDITIONS FOR RENEWAL OF MOST
              FAVORED NATION STATUS FOR THE 
           PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN 1994

      WHEREAS, the Congress and the American people have expressed
deep concern about the appropriateness of unconditional most-favored-
nation (MFN) trading status for the People's Republic of China (China);

      WHEREAS, I share the concerns of the Congress and the American
people regarding this important issue, particularly with respect to
China's record on human rights, nuclear nonprolification, and trade;

      WHEREAS, I have carefully weighed the advisability of 
conditioning China's MFN status as a means of achieving progress in
these areas;

      WHEREAS, I have concluded that the public interest would be served
by a continuation of the waiver of the application of sections 402 (a)
and (b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2432(a) and 2432(b) (Act)
on China's MFN status for an additional 12 months with renewal
thereafter subject to the conditions below;

      NOW, THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby
ordered as follows:

      Section 1.  The Secretary of State (Secretary) shall make a
recommendation to the President to extend or not to extend MFN status to
China for the 12-month period beginning July 3, 1994.

      (a) In making this recommendation the Secretary shall not
recommend extension unless he determines that:

      --  extension will substantially promote the freedom of emigration
objectives of section 402 of the Act; and 

      --  China is complying with the 1992 bilateral agreement between
the United States and China concerning prison labor.

      (b) In making this recommendation the Secretary shall also
determine whether China has made overall, significant progress with
respect to the following:

      --  taking steps to begin adhering to the Universal Declaration of
          Human Rights;

      --  releasing and providing an acceptable accounting for Chinese
          citizens imprisoned or detained for the nonviolent expression
          of their political and religious beliefs, including such
          expression of beliefs in connection with the Democracy Wall
          and Tiananmem Square movement;

      --  ensuring humane treatment of prisoners, such as by allowing
          access to prisons by international humanitarian and human
          rights organizations;

      --  protecting Tibet's distinctive religious and cultural
          heritage; and

      --  permitting international radio and television broadcasts into
          China.

      Section 2. The Secretary shall submit his recommendation to the
President before June 3, 1994.

      Section 3. The Secretary, and other appropriate officials of the
United States, shall pursue resolutely all legislative and executive
actions to ensure that China abides by its commitments to follow fair,
nondiscriminatory trade practices in dealing with U.S. businesses, and
adheres to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the Missile Technology
Control Regime guidelines and parameters, and other nonproliferation
commitments.

      Section 4. This order does not create any right or benefit, 
substantive or prodedural, enforceable by any person or entity against
the United States, its officers, or employees.

                                       William J. Clinton (Signed)

   The White House
      May 28, 1993.

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