[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2018)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 50803-50804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22186]


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 The President

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                Proclamation 9798 of October 4, 2018

                
National Manufacturing Day, 2018

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On National Manufacturing Day, we renew our commitment 
                to restoring America to its rightful place as a global 
                leader in manufacturing. Revitalizing our Nation's 
                manufacturing sector is a pillar of my Administration's 
                economic agenda. Through clear-eyed economic and trade 
                policies and advances made possible by cutting-edge 
                research and development, American industry is thriving 
                once again. Today, our country's manufacturers are more 
                confident than ever before about investing in factories 
                and workers right here at home.

                My Administration is working tirelessly to create an 
                environment wherein manufacturers and their workers 
                have increased opportunities to grow and create jobs. 
                Our economic policies, including the Tax Cuts and Jobs 
                Act and the elimination of unnecessary and burdensome 
                regulations, are delivering real results. Since my 
                election, we have created nearly 400,000 manufacturing 
                jobs. Last year alone, American manufacturers 
                contributed $2.2 trillion to our economy; and in the 
                past 12 months, the manufacturing sector has 
                experienced one of the best job market performances in 
                23 years.

                Against this background, we continue to champion a 
                level playing field for American manufacturers and 
                American workers. I delivered on my promise to 
                renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement 
                (NAFTA) when I recently announced the United States-
                Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). For years, NAFTA 
                incentivized the offshoring of American businesses, and 
                many manufacturing jobs left the United States as a 
                result. Once approved by the Congress, the USMCA will 
                rebalance and modernize trade between the United 
                States, Mexico, and Canada in a manner that greatly 
                benefits American manufacturing, agriculture, and 
                services--and so many other sectors of our robust 
                economy. Additionally, earlier this year, we revised 
                our bilateral trade agreement with South Korea to 
                strengthen America's manufacturing sector and bring 
                back high-paying manufacturing jobs for American 
                workers. Furthermore, in July of 2017, I issued an 
                Executive Order that directed the Secretary of Defense 
                to assess how to strengthen the manufacturing and 
                defense industrial base and supply chain resiliency of 
                the United States. The Department of Defense has 
                completed this assessment, and my Administration is 
                committed to taking action in response to ensure that 
                we can meet new and unforeseen challenges to our 
                defense industrial base.

                The credit for the success of these efforts rests with 
                our great American workers. That is why I have pledged 
                to invest in both students and workers by providing 
                opportunities for education and training that will help 
                more hardworking men and women thrive in the modern 
                workplace. In July of 2018, I issued an Executive Order 
                establishing the President's National Council for the 
                American Worker and the American Workforce Policy 
                Advisory Board. The order emphasizes our economy's high 
                demand for workers with the technical acumen to fill 
                open jobs in today's workforce. I also signed into law 
                a reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
                Technical Education Act, which provides students and 
                workers with the critical skills sought by 
                manufacturers. We will continue efforts to provide our 
                students with access to high-quality education in 
                science, technology, engineering,

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                and mathematics so that they are better equipped to 
                innovate and compete in today's economy.

                On this National Manufacturing Day, we acknowledge the 
                changes that have swept across our economy, including 
                the widespread adoption of innovative technology, 
                advances in artificial intelligence, and the 
                application of the internet to everyday objects and 
                appliances. We recognize that these changes bring new 
                challenges for our workers in a technologically 
                advanced, increasingly dynamic world. With the same 
                determination and resourcefulness that has always 
                defined America, we rise to meet these challenges, and 
                we proudly stand with our manufacturers and their 
                workers as they continue to set the global standard for 
                quality and innovation.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, 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 5, 2018, as 
                National Manufacturing Day. I call upon all Americans 
                to celebrate the entrepreneurs, innovators, and workers 
                in manufacturing who are making our communities strong.

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

[FR Doc. 2018-22186
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