[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 16, 2012)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 63203-63204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25504]


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                Proclamation 8886 of October 9, 2012

                
50th Anniversary of the Office of the United 
                States Trade Representative

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On October 11, 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed 
                the Trade Expansion Act--a landmark piece of 
                legislation that established a Special Representative 
                for Trade Negotiations who would be tasked with 
                promoting and securing trade agreements with partner 
                countries around the world. Fifty years after that 
                historic event, the Office of the United States Trade 
                Representative (USTR) continues to play a vital role in 
                advancing trade policy that opens new markets for 
                American exports, and that creates and supports jobs 
                right here at home.

                Throughout its history, USTR has worked to level the 
                playing field for American workers and create more 
                opportunities for our businesses to compete in global 
                markets. The agency has supported America's commitment 
                to market-based competition and innovation, helping 
                draw good jobs and growing industries to our shores. 
                USTR has striven to promote stability, transparency, 
                high standards, and accountability in international 
                trade.

                Today, USTR continues to monitor and enforce our 
                existing trade agreements to ensure trading partners 
                honor their commitments. USTR successfully secured 
                important improvements to our trade agreements with 
                Korea, Colombia, and Panama that I proudly signed into 
                law last year. The agency's efforts to expand trade 
                remain a vital part of my Administration's strategy for 
                an economy built to last.

                On this anniversary, we recognize the dedicated 
                professionals who have upheld USTR's mission for half a 
                century, and we applaud their ongoing work to make 
                America the best place in the world to innovate, 
                invest, work, and build a business.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim October 11, 2012, as 
                the 50th Anniversary of the Office of the United States 
                Trade Representative. I call upon all Americans to 
                observe this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, 
                and activities that recognize the Office of the United 
                States Trade Representative for its many contributions 
                to strengthening American leadership in the global 
                trading system.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2012-25504
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