    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book I)]
    [May 6, 2003]
    [Pages 442-443]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Remarks at the Signing Ceremony for the United States-Singapore Free
    Trade Agreement
    May 6, 2003

        Thank you. Good afternoon, and welcome to the White House. I'm
    honored to host Prime Minister Goh Secretary of
    Commerce; Trade Minister Robert
    Zoellick, Ambassador Zoellick. I want to
    thank very much the Singaporean delegation for coming. Madame
    Ambassador, for
    being here, and I appreciate his service to our country.
        I'm so grateful for the Members of Congress for being here. Thank
    you all for coming--strong free-traders, people who believe in the
    possibility of trade, in the hope of trade. I want to thank members of
    our business community who are here. Mr. Prime Minister,