[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 97 (Thursday, May 19, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 30391-30392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10884]


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                Proclamation 10398 of May 13, 2022

                
World Trade Week, 2022

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                American workers are the finest in the world, and my 
                Administration remains steadfast in our commitment to 
                building a better America by pursuing a trade agenda 
                that puts workers first and helps foster a fairer, more 
                inclusive, more prosperous, and more resilient Nation. 
                During World Trade Week, we highlight the importance of 
                global trade and the role it plays in raising the 
                quality of life of American families while 
                strengthening our economy and our workforce.

                There is no limit to what our Nation can achieve when 
                we work together, and I know that we can out-compete 
                any country in the world. Winning the competition for 
                the 21st century requires investing in our country and 
                our people here at home, and that is exactly what my 
                Administration is doing. Last year, we saw an 
                unprecedented revival of American manufacturing and the 
                pride that comes with stamping products ``Made in 
                America.'' From automobiles and semiconductors to clean 
                energy technologies, companies are building here in 
                America again; we added over 350,000 manufacturing jobs 
                to the economy in 2021--the best year for manufacturing 
                jobs in nearly three decades. Through the Bipartisan 
                Infrastructure Law, we are making crucial investments 
                in our Nation's infrastructure, including in our ports, 
                highways, roads, airports, and bridges, which American 
                companies rely on to export goods. Companies have 
                announced billions of dollars in new investments to 
                produce and manufacture more goods right here on 
                American soil.

                Not only are we building American products and services 
                here at home--we are selling them around the globe. My 
                Administration has developed a comprehensive trade 
                policy that increases and diversifies the pool of 
                American businesses engaging in international trade. We 
                have set a bold goal to double the number of businesses 
                receiving export assistance from the Department of 
                Commerce, with particular emphasis on engaging with 
                businesses in historically underserved communities. We 
                have made it possible for small and medium enterprises 
                engaged in export-oriented manufacturing projects to 
                benefit from medium- and long-term loans and loan 
                guarantees offered by the Export-Import Bank of the 
                United States.

                My Administration continues to marshal a whole-of-
                government approach to address issues that threaten our 
                economic security and prosperity--from an unprecedented 
                pandemic and the climate crisis to global conflict and 
                geopolitical instability. We are making investments to 
                strengthen our global supply chains even as we 
                strengthen our domestic supply chains in critical 
                industries, and we are standing up to bring an end to 
                unfair foreign trade practices that harm American 
                workers, producers, and businesses.

                We are also deepening our crucial bilateral and 
                multilateral economic relationships with partners and 
                allies to ensure a level playing field for United 
                States businesses and workers and build a more stable, 
                fair, and dependable international economic arena. This 
                entails working together to enforce existing trade 
                agreements while establishing new and improved trade 
                frameworks. We are also recommitting the United States 
                to global multilateral institutions, including the 
                World Trade Organization, in pursuit of more durable, 
                resilient,

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                and sustainable trade policies that deliver better 
                results for American workers and families.

                At the same time, we are resolving ongoing issues with 
                our trading partners and using trade as a tool to help 
                address our common challenges, including climate change 
                and the threat of unfair competition from non-market 
                and authoritarian regimes. We reached a groundbreaking 
                deal with the European Union that included a commitment 
                to negotiate the world's first emission-based trade 
                arrangement on steel and aluminum trade. We concluded a 
                17-year international commercial aviation dispute that 
                will support good-paying jobs here at home. We reached 
                deals with the United Kingdom and Japan on steel and 
                aluminum. We addressed environmental protections 
                through the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. We 
                are also using trade to rebuild our alliances and meet 
                shared security challenges, which threaten our 
                networks, our quality of life, and the strength of our 
                democracies. We are ushering in a new era of 
                transatlantic cooperation between the United States and 
                the European Union--including the U.S.-EU Trade and 
                Technology Council and Transatlantic Data Privacy 
                Framework--and developing an Indo-Pacific Economic 
                Framework to strengthen our economic and trade 
                relationships with partners in the region.

                Now more than ever, we need our trade policies to 
                deliver for American workers and families. With strong 
                investments and resources--and a bold strategy for 
                inclusive and long-lasting economic prosperity--
                American businesses and workers will continue to meet 
                every challenge and win the competition for the 21st 
                century.

                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 15 through 
                May 21, 2022, 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 
                thirteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                sixth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2022-10884
Filed 5-18-22; 8:45 am]
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