[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 18, 2018)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 34019-34020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15510]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 138 / Wednesday, July 18, 2018 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Proclamation 9768 of July 13, 2018

                
Made in America Day and Made in America Week, 
                2018

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On Made in America Day and during Made in America Week, 
                we celebrate the importance of American manufacturing, 
                construction, agriculture, mining, and entrepreneurship 
                to our Nation's prosperity and economic vitality. Made 
                in America products represent the global gold standard 
                for quality, innovation, and craftsmanship and the 
                output of a highly skilled workforce that is second to 
                none.

                American workers and job creators sustain and inspire 
                the American Dream, while enhancing both our economic 
                and national security, which are inextricably linked.

                For far too long, the working men and women of our 
                country have been ignored. That era is over.

                Last year, I signed into law historic tax cuts and 
                reform, which have unleashed a flow of investment and 
                jobs back into America from overseas. Optimism among 
                American manufacturers has hit all-time highs as 
                American businesses across the country have paid 
                bonuses, increased wages, and boosted contributions to 
                employee retirement plans.

                My Administration is also delivering on its promise to 
                cut unnecessary and burdensome regulations that hamper 
                economic growth.

                I have consistently pledged to the American people that 
                I will reinvigorate our workforce by instituting fair 
                and reciprocal trade practices so that companies can 
                compete, thrive, and grow. My trade agenda is focused 
                on defending our workers and businesses from unfair 
                trade practices and on removing barriers to our 
                products and services, so that our Nation can compete 
                and so that ``buy American and hire American'' once 
                again becomes the best option in an increasingly 
                international and competitive market. Accordingly, I 
                will continue to negotiate and modernize our trade 
                agreements to bring about free, fair, and reciprocal 
                trade and thereby ensure open, fair, and competitive 
                markets for America's products and services.

                Our Nation continues to thrive due to the 
                determination, imagination, skill, creativity, and 
                excellence of our people. American industry reflects 
                these qualities and evokes patriotism, pride, and the 
                hope of a bright and prosperous future. We salute our 
                Nation's workers, job creators, and inventors, and we 
                pledge to continue creating an environment that makes 
                the United States the most attractive place in the 
                world to do business.

                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 July 17, 2018, as 
                Made in America Day and this week, July 15 through July 
                21, 2018, as Made in America Week. I call upon all 
                Americans to pay special tribute to the builders, the 
                ranchers, the crafters, the entrepreneurs, and all 
                those who work with their hands every day to make 
                America great.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirteenth day of July, 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.
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