[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]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 84 , No. 99 / Wednesday, May 22, 2019 /
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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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