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 Title 3--The President to enter into negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco and a Free Trade Agreement with Central American Countries. You are also authorized and directed to notify the Congress, pursuant to section 2106(b)(2) of the Trade Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3806(b)(2)), of the ongoing negotiations on Free Trade Agreements with the Republic of Singa- pore and the Republic of Chile, negotiations to establish a Free Trade Area for the Americas, and negotiations under the auspices of the World Trade Organization. You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Fed- eral Register. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, October 1, 2002. Memorandum of October 16, 2002 Notification to the Congress of Trade Negotiation Memorandum for the United States Trade Representative You are authorized and directed to notify the Congress, pursuant to section 2104(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3804(a)(1)), of my intention to enter into negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement with the five member countries of the Southern African Customs Union (Botswana, Lesotho, Na- mibia, South Africa, and Swaziland). You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Fed- eral Register. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, October 16, 2002. Notice of October 16, 2002 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia On October 21, 1995, by Executive Order 12978, the President declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraor- dinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the actions of significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia, and the unparalleled violence, corruption, and harm such actions cause in the United States and abroad. 312

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