In that cooperative spirit, forward-looking thought, President Clinton has invited the APEC economic leaders to an informal session on Saturday. This, of course, will mark the first time that these leaders have met to discuss long-term economic opportunities and challenges we face. The President and I are convinced that APEC's members will contribute to ideas and to technology that will lead the world's economy into the next century. Benjamin Franklin, one of the great founding members of the United States and a contemporary of Thomas Payne, once observed that no nation was ever ruined by trade. If I could take the liberty of updating that remark, I'd say that no great nation can succeed without trade.
Every economy here is proof of the importance of trade.
So together let us expand our trade and advance our common prosperity starting here and now. Thank you very much.