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Proclamation 10398 of May 13, 2022 

World Trade Week, 2022 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

American workers are the finest in the world, and my Administration remains 

steadfast in our commitment to building a better America by pursuing a 

trade agenda that puts workers first and helps foster a fairer, more inclusive, 

more prosperous, and more resilient Nation. During World Trade Week, 

we highlight the importance of global trade and the role it plays in raising 

the quality of life of American families while strengthening our economy 

and our workforce. 

There is no limit to what our Nation can achieve when we work together, 

and I know that we can out-compete any country in the world. Winning 

the competition for the 21st century requires investing in our country and 

our people here at home, and that is exactly what my Administration is 

doing. Last year, we saw an unprecedented revival of American manufacturing and the pride that comes with stamping products ‘‘Made in America.’’ 

From automobiles and semiconductors to clean energy technologies, companies are building here in America again; we added over 350,000 manufacturing jobs to the economy in 2021—the best year for manufacturing jobs 

in nearly three decades. Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we are 

making crucial investments in our Nation’s infrastructure, including in our 

ports, highways, roads, airports, and bridges, which American companies 

rely on to export goods. Companies have announced billions of dollars 

in new investments to produce and manufacture more goods right here 

on American soil. 

Not only are we building American products and services here at home— 

we are selling them around the globe. My Administration has developed 

a comprehensive trade policy that increases and diversifies the pool of 

American businesses engaging in international trade. We have set a bold 

goal to double the number of businesses receiving export assistance from 

the Department of Commerce, with particular emphasis on engaging with 

businesses in historically underserved communities. We have made it possible for small and medium enterprises engaged in export-oriented manufacturing projects to benefit from medium- and long-term loans and loan guarantees offered by the Export-Import Bank of the United States. 

My Administration continues to marshal a whole-of-government approach 

to address issues that threaten our economic security and prosperity—from 

an unprecedented pandemic and the climate crisis to global conflict and 

geopolitical instability. We are making investments to strengthen our global 

supply chains even as we strengthen our domestic supply chains in critical 

industries, and we are standing up to bring an end to unfair foreign trade 

practices that harm American workers, producers, and businesses. 

We are also deepening our crucial bilateral and multilateral economic relationships with partners and allies to ensure a level playing field for United 

States businesses and workers and build a more stable, fair, and dependable 

international economic arena. This entails working together to enforce existing trade agreements while establishing new and improved trade frameworks. 

We are also recommitting the United States to global multilateral institutions, 

including the World Trade Organization, in pursuit of more durable, resilient, 


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and sustainable trade policies that deliver better results for American workers 

and families. 

At the same time, we are resolving ongoing issues with our trading partners 

and using trade as a tool to help address our common challenges, including 

climate change and the threat of unfair competition from non-market and 

authoritarian regimes. We reached a groundbreaking deal with the European 

Union that included a commitment to negotiate the world’s first emissionbased trade arrangement on steel and aluminum trade. We concluded a 

17-year international commercial aviation dispute that will support goodpaying jobs here at home. We reached deals with the United Kingdom 

and Japan on steel and aluminum. We addressed environmental protections 

through the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. We are also using 

trade to rebuild our alliances and meet shared security challenges, which 

threaten our networks, our quality of life, and the strength of our democracies. 

We are ushering in a new era of transatlantic cooperation between the 

United States and the European Union—including the U.S.-EU Trade and 

Technology Council and Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework—and developing an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework to strengthen our economic 

and trade relationships with partners in the region. 

Now more than ever, we need our trade policies to deliver for American 

workers and families. With strong investments and resources—and a bold 

strategy for inclusive and long-lasting economic prosperity—American businesses and workers will continue to meet every challenge and win the 

competition for the 21st century. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., 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 15 through 

May 21, 2022, as World Trade Week. I call upon all Americans to observe 

this week and to celebrate with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. 

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

of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-two, and of the 

Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortysixth. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10884 

Filed 5–18–22; 8:45 am] 

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