[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 27023-27024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10690]


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                Proclamation 10213 of May 14, 2021

                
World Trade Week, 2021

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, it not only 
                inflicted an enormous toll on American lives and 
                livelihoods--it brought unprecedented disruption to the 
                global economy as well. That disruption represents a 
                major threat to workers and employers in every 
                community who rely on trade to grow jobs here at home, 
                from small businesses that sell their goods to 
                customers overseas, to major United States industries 
                that depend on imported components in the products they 
                make in America. As we work to defeat the pandemic and 
                build back better, World Trade Week reminds us of the 
                important role that global trade plays in creating jobs 
                and strengthening the United States economy--and of our 
                responsibility to pursue trade policies that center on 
                American workers.

                The United States can out-compete any country in the 
                world. We have all the skills and strengths that we 
                need to win the competition for the future, including a 
                fiercely innovative and productive workforce. And if we 
                make the smart investments to hone our competitive 
                edge, no nation will be able to match us. That is why 
                my Administration is not only focused on creating 
                millions of good-paying jobs here at home, and 
                supporting America's working families, we are committed 
                to making the single biggest investment in American 
                innovation and competitiveness since World War II. 
                Through the American Jobs Plan and the American 
                Families Plan, we will be taking on four major 
                challenges to fortify our foundation: strengthening our 
                industrial and innovation base to ensure that the 
                future is made in America; investing in sustainable 
                infrastructure and laying the foundation for a clean 
                energy future; investing in our caring economy to ease 
                the burden of care on working families; and advancing 
                racial equity across the board to ensure that Americans 
                in every community see the benefits of a revitalized 
                economy and United States leadership on the world 
                economic stage.

                To support those efforts, we are committed to 
                strengthening existing trade policies--and developing 
                new ones aimed toward promoting equitable growth, 
                protecting workers' rights, and advancing environmental 
                justice. We are also holding our trade partners 
                accountable and ensuring that they do not gain 
                competitive advantages by violating workers' rights or 
                engaging in unfair trade practices.

                Enforcing our Nation's trade rules and ensuring a level 
                playing field is critical to making trade work for 
                American workers and businesses. The United States is 
                working bilaterally and multilaterally with our 
                partners to develop standards that support workers, 
                reduce export barriers, and hold accountable those who 
                abuse and exploit the global trading system. We are 
                working with international organizations to implement 
                reforms and address current challenges, including 
                economic, racial, and social inequities, as well as the 
                climate crisis.

                If we invest in America, and if we make sure that the 
                United States and our partners write the rules of the 
                road when it comes to global trade, then American 
                factory workers, retail workers, farmers, ranchers, and 
                fishers in every community will have a better chance to 
                earn their place in the

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                middle class and live lives of greater opportunity. We 
                will be more competitive around the world--and 
                stronger, more prosperous, and more resilient here at 
                home.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., 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 16 through 
                May 22, 2021, as World Trade Week. I call upon all 
                Americans to observe this week and to celebrate with 
                appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.

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

[FR Doc. 2021-10690
Filed 5-18-21; 8:45 am]
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