    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 133, 116th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    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

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    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.
    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.
    DONALD J. TRUMP