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Article: United States-Vietnam Relations
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- Southeast Asian Affairs
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
CopyrightCopyright Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2000. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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In February 1999 President Clinton affirmed that Vietnam was "fully co-operating in good faith" in all areas where the United States sought progress in identifying and repatriating the remains of U.S. service personnel who were listed as missing-in-action during the Vietnam War. Vietnam's positive action on immigration matters enabled President Clinton in June to extend the waiver on the Jackson-Vanick amendment to the 1974 Trade Act. The Trade Act prohibits certain types of funding to countries that restrict emigration. President Clinton first waived the amendment in March 1998. As a result of the second waiver, U.S. export promotion and investment support programmes offered by the ...