[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 41 (Monday, October 16, 2000)]
[Pages 2357-2358]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on Assistance to Small Business Exporters and Dislocated 
Workers

October 6, 2000

    I am pleased to sign an Executive order today creating a small 
business exports task force to help small businesses, especially those 
in underserved communities, participate fully in the benefits of the new 
trading arrangements Congress approved this year with China, Africa, and 
the Caribbean Basin. This order will also expand the Federal 
Government's outreach to workers and communities eligible for 
dislocated-worker assistance, helping them to learn about and take 
advantage of these benefits more rapidly. I thank Representative Sheila 
Jackson Lee for working so closely with my administration in

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developing this Executive order and for championing efforts to translate 
our expanding trade and dynamic, new economy into opportunities for 
small businesses and workers all across America.

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