[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 2014)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 29319-29320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11933]


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                Proclamation 9128 of May 16, 2014

                
World Trade Week, 2014

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Commercial ties build partnerships between nations and 
                spur growth across the world. Here in America, trade 
                bolsters our small businesses, which make up 98 percent 
                of our exporters and create nearly two out of every 
                three new jobs. During World Trade Week, we celebrate 
                these benefits, and we redouble our efforts to promote 
                trade while protecting workers, safeguarding the 
                environment, and opening markets to new goods stamped, 
                ``Made in the USA.''

                My Administration is dedicated to supporting high-
                quality American jobs through exports. In 2010, I 
                launched the National Export Initiative (NEI), and 
                since then our determined focus on exports has helped 
                more American small and medium-sized businesses and 
                farmers create jobs by selling their products abroad. 
                We are now selling more American goods and services 
                overseas than at any time in our history. Last year 
                alone, our exports supported 11.3 million American 
                jobs.

                Earlier this month, my Administration renewed its 
                commitment to creating American jobs by launching a new 
                phase of the National Export Initiative, NEI/NEXT. This 
                new phase will build on the NEI's success by helping 
                companies find export opportunities, gain access to 
                financing, and move their goods across borders. NEI/
                NEXT will also open markets around the world while 
                ensuring a level playing field for American companies. 
                My Administration is also helping American companies 
                strengthen their global competitiveness by investing in 
                cutting-edge manufacturing techniques. Over the past 4 
                years, factories that once went dark have turned on 
                their lights again, and the United States has seen the 
                first sustained growth in manufacturing jobs in over 
                two decades.

                As we ensure the next technological revolution is 
                American-made, we must also create new opportunities to 
                sell our goods throughout the world. Alongside our 
                partners in the Asia-Pacific, we are working to 
                complete negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, 
                which will lower barriers to trade, create jobs in 
                America and across the Pacific, and open up markets to 
                our exports in the world's fastest-growing region. And 
                to grow prosperity on both sides of the Atlantic, we 
                launched negotiations with the European Union on a 
                Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

                America's economic strength is a source of strength in 
                the world. As our global economy evolves, as countries 
                forge ever-stronger links, the United States must not 
                stand on the sidelines. If we do not shirk from this 
                challenge, if we continue to embrace the grit and 
                innovative spirit that has always defined our Nation, I 
                am confident America's best days lie ahead.

                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 May 18 through May 
                24, 2014, as World Trade Week. I encourage all 
                Americans to observe this week with events, trade 
                shows, and educational programs that celebrate and 
                inform Americans about the benefits of trade to our 
                Nation and the global economy.

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

[FR Doc. 2014-11933
Filed 5-20-14; 11:15 am]
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