
			    THE WHITE HOUSE

		      Office Of The Vice President

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For Immediate Release                                     April 14, 1994


	VICE PRESIDENT GORE TRAVELS TO MARRAKESH, MOROCCO
		 Attends GATT Ministerial Meeting

     Vice President Al Gore departed late yesterday evening from
Washington, DC to attend the Ministerial Meeting of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in Marrakesh, Morocco.  Tipper
Gore and their son, Albert, will accompany the Vice President.

     The Vice President will address the plenary session of the GATT
Trade Negotiations Committee on Thursday, April 14.  Prior to his
speech, the Vice President will meet with King Hassan II of Morocco at
the Royal Palace in Marrakesh, and the Vice President and Mrs. Gore
will attend a private luncheon with the King and his family.

     While in Marrakesh, vice President Gore will also meet with Peter
Sutherland, Director-General of GATT; Sir Leon Brittan, Member of the
European Commission with responsibility for trade; Tsutomu Hata, Deputy
Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Japan; and the trade ministers
of several countries in the region.

     The Vice President will return to Washington early Friday morning.

      

