    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book II)]
    [September 2, 2003]
    [Pages 1080-1081]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Senate Transmitting the Protocol to the Denmark-United
    States Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation
    September 2, 2003

    To the Senate of the United States:
        With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to
    ratification, I transmit herewith the Protocol to the Treaty of
    Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation Between the United States and
    Denmark of October 1, 1951, signed at Copenhagen on May 2, 2001. I
    transmit also, for the information of the Senate, the report of the
    Department of State with respect to this protocol.

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        The protocol will establish the legal basis by which the United
    States may issue treaty-investor (E-2) visas to qualified nationals of
    Denmark, by supplementing the U.S.-Denmark friendship, commerce, and
    navigation (FCN) treaty to allow for entry and sojourn of investors, a
    benefit provided in the large majority of U.S. FCN treaties. United
    States investors are already eligible for Danish visas that offer
    comparable benefits to those that would be accorded nationals of Denmark
    under E-2 visa status.
        The United States has long championed the benefits of an open
    investment climate, both at home and abroad. It is the policy of the
    United States to welcome market-driven foreign investment and to permit
    capital to flow freely to seek its highest return. Denmark also provides
    an open investment climate. Visas for investors facilitate investment
    activity, and thus directly support U.S. policy objectives.
        I recommend that the Senate consider this protocol as soon as
    possible, and give its advice and consent to ratification of the
    protocol at an early date.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     September 2, 2003.