Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 196 (October 10, 2018)
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2018-22186
Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2018)]
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Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 196 / Wednesday, October 10, 2018 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 9798 of October 4, 2018
National Manufacturing Day, 2018
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On National Manufacturing Day, we renew our commitment
to restoring America to its rightful place as a global
leader in manufacturing. Revitalizing our Nation's
manufacturing sector is a pillar of my Administration's
economic agenda. Through clear-eyed economic and trade
policies and advances made possible by cutting-edge
research and development, American industry is thriving
once again. Today, our country's manufacturers are more
confident than ever before about investing in factories
and workers right here at home.
My Administration is working tirelessly to create an
environment wherein manufacturers and their workers
have increased opportunities to grow and create jobs.
Our economic policies, including the Tax Cuts and Jobs
Act and the elimination of unnecessary and burdensome
regulations, are delivering real results. Since my
election, we have created nearly 400,000 manufacturing
jobs. Last year alone, American manufacturers
contributed $2.2 trillion to our economy; and in the
past 12 months, the manufacturing sector has
experienced one of the best job market performances in
23 years.
Against this background, we continue to champion a
level playing field for American manufacturers and
American workers. I delivered on my promise to
renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) when I recently announced the United States-
Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). For years, NAFTA
incentivized the offshoring of American businesses, and
many manufacturing jobs left the United States as a
result. Once approved by the Congress, the USMCA will
rebalance and modernize trade between the United
States, Mexico, and Canada in a manner that greatly
benefits American manufacturing, agriculture, and
services--and so many other sectors of our robust
economy. Additionally, earlier this year, we revised
our bilateral trade agreement with South Korea to
strengthen America's manufacturing sector and bring
back high-paying manufacturing jobs for American
workers. Furthermore, in July of 2017, I issued an
Executive Order that directed the Secretary of Defense
to assess how to strengthen the manufacturing and
defense industrial base and supply chain resiliency of
the United States. The Department of Defense has
completed this assessment, and my Administration is
committed to taking action in response to ensure that
we can meet new and unforeseen challenges to our
defense industrial base.
The credit for the success of these efforts rests with
our great American workers. That is why I have pledged
to invest in both students and workers by providing
opportunities for education and training that will help
more hardworking men and women thrive in the modern
workplace. In July of 2018, I issued an Executive Order
establishing the President's National Council for the
American Worker and the American Workforce Policy
Advisory Board. The order emphasizes our economy's high
demand for workers with the technical acumen to fill
open jobs in today's workforce. I also signed into law
a reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and
Technical Education Act, which provides students and
workers with the critical skills sought by
manufacturers. We will continue efforts to provide our
students with access to high-quality education in
science, technology, engineering,
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and mathematics so that they are better equipped to
innovate and compete in today's economy.
On this National Manufacturing Day, we acknowledge the
changes that have swept across our economy, including
the widespread adoption of innovative technology,
advances in artificial intelligence, and the
application of the internet to everyday objects and
appliances. We recognize that these changes bring new
challenges for our workers in a technologically
advanced, increasingly dynamic world. With the same
determination and resourcefulness that has always
defined America, we rise to meet these challenges, and
we proudly stand with our manufacturers and their
workers as they continue to set the global standard for
quality and innovation.
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 5, 2018, as
National Manufacturing Day. I call upon all Americans
to celebrate the entrepreneurs, innovators, and workers
in manufacturing who are making our communities strong.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord two
thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
third.
(Presidential Sig.)
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