For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 2, 2001

Executive Order
Waiver Under the Trade Act of 1974 with Respect To
The Republic of Belarus

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including subsection 402(c)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the "Act")(19 U.S.C. 2432(c)(2)), which continues to apply to the Republic of Belarus pursuant to subsection 402(d) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2432(d)), and having made the report to the Congress required by subsection 402(c)(2), I hereby waive the application of subsections 402(a) and 402(b) of the Act with respect to the Republic of Belarus.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 2, 2001.

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