[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 22, 2019)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 23699-23700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10866]


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                Proclamation 9891 of May 17, 2019

                
World Trade Week, 2019

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Free, fair, and reciprocal trade is essential to 
                American and global prosperity. During World Trade 
                Week, we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to ensuring 
                that our Nation's farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, and 
                entrepreneurs are able to sell their goods and services 
                in the global market on a level playing field. We also 
                celebrate mutually beneficial and balanced trade 
                between nations and pledge to continue pressing those 
                countries that persist with one-sided trade polices to 
                abandon them.

                Our Nation is benefiting from a booming economy that is 
                improving the lives of hardworking Americans and their 
                families. Since my election, we have witnessed the 
                creation of more than 5.8 million new jobs, including 
                approximately 500,000 new manufacturing jobs. American 
                gross domestic product grew at nearly 3 percent last 
                year, and at a rate of 3.2 percent in the first quarter 
                of this year. As a result, wages are rising at the 
                fastest pace in a decade. This economic success is a 
                testament to the effectiveness of my Administration's 
                tax, regulatory, and tariff and trade policies.

                With a level playing field, American workers and 
                producers can compete with any nation in the world. In 
                recent years, however, our prosperity has been hampered 
                by the growing economic aggression and unfair trading 
                practices of other countries. Nations that do not share 
                our free market values have used dumping and industrial 
                subsidies, discriminatory non-tariff barriers, forced 
                technology transfers, excess capacity, cyber and 
                hacking attacks, and other forms of economic aggression 
                to gain unfair competitive advantages over American 
                workers and producers. My Administration is using every 
                available tool to confront these burdensome, market-
                distorting trade practices. We are aggressively 
                enforcing the well-established trade laws of the United 
                States, and we are negotiating new trade agreements to 
                address unfair trade practices and remove barriers to 
                the export of our goods and services.

                My Administration's leadership in strongly pursuing 
                fair trade is enabling our Nation's firms to compete on 
                a more level, fair playing field. We are working to 
                modernize and improve our agreements, negotiating new 
                trade deals that protect our national security and are 
                based on fairness and reciprocity. For example, we 
                revised one of our most significant trade deals, the 
                United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS), to 
                make it far more beneficial to American workers.

                In addition, with the signing of the United States-
                Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), I delivered on my 
                promise to renegotiate the outdated and unbalanced 
                North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Once 
                approved by the Congress, the USMCA will help address 
                longstanding trade imbalances by granting American 
                businesses across all sectors of our economy greater 
                freedom to sell their goods and services throughout 
                North America. The successful conclusion of both KORUS 
                and USMCA shows that new trade deals that work for all 
                Americans--and not just some--are possible. My 
                Administration is also actively engaged in negotiations 
                with the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Japan 
                to secure broader market access for American products 
                and services.

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                The United States and our trading partners benefit 
                greatly from free, fair, balanced, and reciprocal 
                trade. This week, we renew our commitment to addressing 
                persistent trade imbalances, breaking down trade 
                barriers, and providing Americans new opportunities to 
                increase exports. Greater transparency in global trade 
                and predictable business climates in economies that 
                adhere to high standards for trade and investment will 
                bring greater prosperity to our Nation and the world.

                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 May 19 through May 
                25, 2019, as World Trade Week. I encourage Americans to 
                observe this week with events, trade shows, and 
                educational programs that celebrate the benefits of 
                trade to our country.

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

[FR Doc. 2019-10866
Filed 5-21-19; 11:15 am]
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