    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 10091 of October 1, 2020
    National Manufacturing Day, 2020
    By the President of the United States of America
    A Proclamation
    Since the founding of our Nation, Americans have been renowned for their
    craftsmanship and productivity. On National Manufacturing Day, we
    celebrate our dedicated American workers who carry on this legacy,
    recognizing that manufacturing is a cornerstone of our economic
    prosperity and national security. The workmanship and ingenuity of
    American manufacturers make ``Made in the U.S.A.''; an enduring stamp of
    patriotism and excellence, and we will always support the men and women
    whose work ensures that American manufacturing is second to none.
    Since my first day in office, I have put America first, ushering in an
    unprecedented manufacturing revival. In 2017, I signed into law the Tax
    Cuts and Jobs Act, supercharging our economic resurgence after more than
    a decade of stagnation. My Administration also embarked on a long-
    overdue effort to eliminate unnecessary and burdensome regulations,
    unleashing the full potential of our manufacturers. Under my leadership,
    we also renegotiated one-sided and unfair trade deals, finally putting
    American workers and their interests first to ensure they can compete on
    a level playing field with their foreign counterparts.

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    These policies and achievements have delivered historic results for the
    American worker and American families. Prior to the coronavirus
    pandemic, our Nation had added more than 483,000 manufacturing jobs
    since my inauguration. In addition, more than 430 organizations have
    signed my Administration's Pledge to America's workers, committing to
    providing education and training opportunities for 16 million American
    students and workers over the next 5 years, with manufacturing workers
    as a primary beneficiary. Thanks to the renegotiated United States-Korea
    Free Trade Agreement, which I signed in September of 2018, American
    manufacturers are being treated more fairly on the global stage, and we
    ended a bilateral trade deficit of more than 170 percent caused by
    previous administrations' disastrous policies. In January of this year,
    I also delivered on my promise to replace the outdated North American
    Free Trade Agreement by signing into law the United States-Mexico-Canada
    Agreement, which will create nearly 600,000 new jobs--including 76,000
    in the auto industry alone--and spur up to $235 billion in new economic
    activity for our country.
    In recent months, the vital importance of our Nation's manufacturing
    sector to the strength, security, and resilience of our country has
    become abundantly clear. Since the arrival of the coronavirus from
    China, the health and safety of the American people has depended more
    than ever on American manufacturing for essential goods and medical
    supplies. To help facilitate the delivery of essential supplies and
    goods, I invoked the Defense Production Act and related authorities more
    than 100 times since March to launch the greatest manufacturing
    mobilization since the Second World War, quickly focusing the might of
    American industry toward defeating the virus. Our manufacturers have
    delivered when they were needed most, working with Federal, State, and
    local government partners to produce more than 240 million N95
    respirators, one billion surgical masks, 45 million face shields, 430
    million gowns, and 28 billion gloves--in addition to continuing to keep
    grocery store shelves stocked and deliver other essential goods to the
    American people. The men and women who occupy manufacturing sector jobs
    have been and continue to be heroes in this effort, ensuring the
    strength of our supply chain and fueling our nationwide response to the
    virus.
    As our Nation continues to reopen, we know that our manufacturing sector
    is vital to our economic recovery. Already, we are seeing signs that a
    historic resurgence is well underway; we added 29,000 manufacturing jobs
    in August alone, the same month in which manufacturing activity reached
    a 19-month high. American workers have pioneered the greatest
    advancements in history, and they will overcome this latest challenge as
    well and continue to transform lives around the world. Today, as we
    celebrate National Manufacturing Day and our Nation's exceptional
    manufacturing heritage, let us resolve to expand American excellence in
    manufacturing into the future, securing our national prosperity for
    generations to come.
    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 October 2, 2020, as
    National Manufacturing Day. I call upon all Americans to observe this
    day to celebrate today's manufacturing and the U.S. manufacturers that
    make our communities strong.

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of
    October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
    fifth.
    DONALD J. TRUMP