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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
May 23, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT CEREMONY TO HIGHLIGHT WORLD TRADE WEEK
AND TO PRESENT "E-STAR" AWARDS
The Rose Garden
2:04 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: To distinguished members of Congress and
other guests, welcome to the White House. It's a pleasure to have
two of our administration's top trade team people here today --
Secretary Bob Mosbacher and Ambassador Carla Hills. These two are
working every single day, day and night, to open markets for American
goods and services. And in my view, they're successful, and I am
grateful to both of them.
And I also want to single out Susan Engleiter, head of
the SBA here; and all members of the Congress, once again, welcome.
For American business, confronting protectionist barriers
is like having a door shut rudely in your face. And more and more
American business is looking to Carla to open the door and Bob to
help them through it. But in the end it is up to American business
to step beyond the open door to enter foreign markets. And that's
why I'm here today to present the "E" Awards, honoring American firms
that have been such outstanding competitors abroad. Later on I'll
let you know what the "E" stands for. But first -- it does not stand
for Elvis, I was asked to point out. (Laughter.)
Before I get to the awards, let me talk trade. I believe
the protectionist path leads to closed markets, lower living
standards, unemployment in our country. And so our direction is to
open markets, expanding trade and negotiating a set of clear and
enforceable rules to govern world trade. And this is the path to
prosperity and growth and high employment. And that's why my top
trade priority for this year is an ambitious multilateral agreement.
We must conclude that Uruguay round of global trade talks by
December. And unfortunately, world trade has outgrown the rules of
the GATT, of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, that served
us so well for four decades.
The United States and almost a hundred other nations,
representing more than 85 percent of the world's trade, are working
with us to revise and improve GATT's rules. And this is what we're
striving to achieve.
First, we seek to reform agricultural trade, a market
inadequately covered by GATT rules and badly distorted by subsidies
and trade barriers that cost farmers and consumers alike hundreds of
billions of dollars. There simply cannot be a successful conclusion
to the Uruguay round without fundamental agricultural reform.
Second, we want to expand market access. We challenge
our trading partners to join us in creating a world of sharply
reduced tariffs.
Thirdly, the United States wants to curb hundreds of
billions of dollars of trade-distorting subsidies. And we believe
that entrepreneurs should compete on the basis of price and quality,
not on the basis of government's deep pockets.
MORE
- 2 -
Fourth, we want to ensure that the rules we have and
those that we are negotiating, apply to developing countries, so
these countries are no longer at the margin of the trading system.
Fifth, we want to develop fair rules for new areas --
services, investment, intellectual property -- not covered under
current GATT rules.
Sixth and finally, we want to create swift and effective
means to resolve trade disputes.
All told, we're striving to incorporate roughly $1
trillion worth of goods and services -- a third of the world's trade
-- that is not sufficiently covered by rules of fair play.
In our efforts, we will, of course, work closely with our
friends in the Congress and the business community as well;
especially the private sector advisors, many who are here today. But
time is short; our task is great. I call on our trading partners to
move these negotiations forward at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development meeting this month, and at our Houston
Economic summit in early July.
This round of GATT is an ambitious undertaking. The
last, best chance for the world to enter the next century with free
and fair trade for all. So let me be blunt: to the United States, no
agreement is better than a bad agreement.
Even as we're driving at full speed to complete the
round, the United States is also making progress in market-opening
negotiations with Japan; in keeping the flow of goods and services
open with Canada and Mexico; by intensifying our dialogue with the
dynamic states of the Pacific Rim; and by ensuring that America will
have access to Europe after creation of this historic single market
in 1992.
We're also negotiating trade and investment agreements
with the democratic governments of Eastern Europe and engaging in
market opening initiatives with Latin America. They stand to reap
enormous gains from the Uruguay round and other steps to integrate
their economies into this big global trading system. But the United
States will also gain from their new found freedom to invent, to
invest, and to imagine
Our objective is to anchor these countries in the ideal
of freedom; economic as well as political freedom. And SO we're
striving for free trade, not just because it is good for America, but
because it is good for all mankind.
As the winds of freedom blow down old barriers and
liberalize markets from Managua to Warsaw, we must be prepared to
take advantage of this opportunity, historic opportunity, to compete
and to win. And that's why today I directed the Economic Policy
Council to undertake a Commercial Opportunities Initiative to
encourage American business to move competitively into foreign
markets.
The EPC will implement this initiative through a working
group called the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee -- TPCC -- to
be chaired by Bob Mosbacher, our Secretary of Commerce. This
committee will, for the first time, harness all the resources of the
federal government to serve American exporting businesses. It will
provide a focal point for business and industry in the markets of the
world's emerging democracies. And I'm also directing the committee
to promote U.S. businesses in new or neglected markets through
official presidential trade missions. Missions to be headed by the
Secretary of Commerce.
And so that is an overview of our trade picture. And now
for the "E" Awards, a word. At the height of the Second World War,
"E" Awards were presented to those war plants in recognition of
MORE
- 3 -
excellence in production. In a time of peace, we used the "E" symbol
to celebrate excellence in American exports. And as it turns out,
this is a very appropriate time to confer these awards.
You see this week, the Commerce Department is joining
with state and local governments, international trade groups and
universities throughout the nation to celebrate World Trade Week.
And this week I think we really have something to celebrate: last
Thursday's announcement that U.S. exports in March hit $33.3 billion
-- a record high.
And this is yet another sign that America remains a
superpower in world trade. But America's exporting strength is no
accident, as all of you here today know. It's the result of the hard
work of leaders, like our Secretary of Commerce, and our dynamic
Trade Representative, Carla Hills, here with us here today. But
first and foremost, it's because of the leadership of the American
worker, the American farmer, the American entrepreneur.
You and all the other "E" and "E" Star Award winners that
we honor today, started the decade off in a winning spirit. And
you've done something more than just represent your firms. You've
represented American drive and creativity to the world. And for that
you have our gratitude and my congratulations and my thanks.
And so it's a pleasure now to join Bob and Carla in
presenting this prestigious award for exporting excellence to 11
outstanding companies that have earned the highest level "E" Award,
the "E" Star.
And now, Bob, if you will take over from here.
(The wards are presented.)
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Thank you for
coming, and congratulations to all these winners. Now, everybody
else go out there and work harder. Thanks a lot.
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Document No.
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5/18/90
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
5/21/90 NOON
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: E AWARDS
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BOSKIN
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, Monday, May 21, with a copy to my
office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Title: Eaward
1930 MAY 18 PM 3. 39
May 15, 1990
Draft: Four
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: E AWARDS, THE ROSE GARDEN
Wednesday, May 23, 1990, 2:00 P.M.
( (Acknowledgements -- Ambassador Hills and Secretary
Mosbacher. ))
But it's especially great to have Carla and Bob here. For
American business, confronting protectionist barriers is like
having a door shut rudely in your face. And more and more,
American business is looking to Carla to open the door, and Bob
to guide them to it.
But, in the end, it is up to American business to step
through the opening, to enter foreign markets. And so that's why
I am here today, to present the "E" awards honoring American
firms that have been such outstanding competitors abroad. ((And
later on, I'll let you in on what the "E" stands for; but first,
a hint -- it doesn't stand for Elvis. ) )
Before I get to the awards, let me talk trade. I believe
the protectionist path leads to closed markets, lower living
standards and highest unemployment. So our direction is toward
open markets, expanding trade and negotiating a set of clear and
enforceable rules to govern world commerce. This is the path to
prosperity, growth and high employment.
And that is why my top trade priority for this year is an
ambitious multilateral agreement. We must conclude the Uruguay
Round of global trade talks by December.
2
Unfortunately, world trade has outgrown the rules of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, that served so
well for four decades. The United States and almost 100 other
nations representing more than 85 percent of the world's trade
agree, and are working with us to revise and improve GATT rules.
This is what we are striving to achieve:
*** First, we seek to reform agricultural trade, a market
inadequately covered by GATT rules, and badly distorted by
subsidies that cost farmers and consumers alike hundreds of
billions of dollars. There cannot be a successful conclusion to
the Uruguay Round without fundamental agricultural reform.
*** Second, we challenge our trading partners to envision a
world free of tariffs.
*** Third, the United States wants to curb hundreds of
billions of dollars of trade-distorting subsidies. We believe
that entrepreneurs should compete on the basis of price and
quality, not by government's deep pockets.
*** Fourth, we want to ensure that the rules we have, and
those that we are negotiating, apply to developing countries no
longer at the margin of the trading system.
*** Fifth, we want to develop fair rules for new areas:
services, investment and intellectual property not covered under
current GATT rules.
*** Sixth and last, we want to create swift and effective
means to resolve trade disputes.
3
All told, we are striving to incorporate roughly one
trillion dollars worth of goods and services -- a third of world
trade that is not sufficiently covered by rules of fair play.
In our efforts, we will, of course, work closely with our
friends in Congress and the business community. But time is
short, our task is great. I call on our trading partners to move
these negotiations forward at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development meeting this month, and at the end of
the Economic Summit in July.
This round of the GATT is an ambitious undertaking -- the
last, best chance for the world to enter the next century with
free and fair trade for all. So let me be blunt: To The United
States no agreement is better than a bad agreement. 111
Even as we are driving at full-speed to complete the Round,
the United States is also making progress in market-opening
negotiations with Japan; in keeping the flow of goods and
services open with Canada and Mexico; in starting a dialogue with
the dynamic states of the Pacific Rim; and in ensuring that
America will have access to Europe after the historic union of
1992.
We are also negotiating trade and investment agreements with
the reform governments of Eastern Europe and Latin America. They
stand to reap enormous gains from integration into the global
trading system; but the United States will also gain from their
long pent-up industry and imagination. Our objective is to
anchor these countries in the ideal of freedom -- economic, as
4
well as political freedom. So we are striving for free trade,
not just because it is good for America, but because it is good
for all mankind.
As the winds of change sweep out old barriers and liberalize
markets from Managua to Warsaw, we must be prepared to take
advantage of this historic opportunity, to compete and win. That
is why today I directed the Economic Policy Council to undertake
a Commercial Opportunities Initiative to encourage American
business to be more competitive.
The EPC will implement this initiative through the Trade
Promotion Coordinating Committee, or TPCC, to be chaired by the
Secretary of Commerce. This committee will, for the first time,
bring all the resources of the federal government to bear to
serve American exporting businesses.
I am also directing the committee to promote U.S. businesses
in new or neglected markets by leading Presidential Trade
Missions, missions to be headed by the Department of Commerce.
The EPC will report to me with a strategy for implementing this
Commercial Opportunities Initiative by September 30.\\
Now, for the matter at hand.
At the height of the Second World War, "E" awards were
presented to war plants in recognition of excellence in
production. In a time of peace, we use the "E" symbol to
celebrate excellence in American exports. And as it turns out,
this is a very appropriate time for us to confer these awards.
5
You see, this week the Commerce Department and its
International Trade Administration is joining with state and
local governments, international trade groups and universities to
celebrate World Trade Week. And this week, we really have
something to celebrate -- last Wednesday's announcement that U.S.
exports in March hit $33.3 billion -- a record high.
This is yet another sign that America is a resurgent power
in world trade. And America exporting strength is no accident.
It is a result of the leadership of the American worker, the
American entrepreneur and an outstanding Secretary of Commerce,
Bob Mosbacher.
And so it is my pleasure to join Bob in presenting this
prestigious award for exporting excellence to eleven outstanding
companies:
First: The Aerotech World Trade Corporation of White
Plains, New York.
*** The American Bureau of Collections of Buffalo, New
York. III
*** The American Hardware Manufacturers Association, of
Schaumburg, Illinois. III
*** Applied Communications, Inc., of Omaha.
*** Bruce Foods Corporation of New Iberia, Louisiana. Now,
let me say something about Bruce Foods and their claim to fame.
You see, they have a contract to build more than forty Cajun and
Mexican restaurants in the Soviet Union. ( (So imagine that,
tacos in Tashkent and crawdaddies in Kiev. ))\\\
6
*** Commerce Bank of Kansas City. III
*** The Jacobsen Division of Textron, Racine, Wisconsin. \\\
*** The Midamar Corporation of Cedar Rapids. III
*** The Mid-South Exporter's Roundtable of Memphis. III
*** Proler International Corporation of Houston. III
And last: Valmont Industries of Valley, Nebraska. 111
You've all started the 1990s off in a winning spirit. And
you've done something more than just represent your firms --
you've represented American drive and creativity to the world.
For that you have my gratitude and my congratulations.
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United
States of America.
#
#
#
Document No. 1422335SN
3983
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5/18/90
5/21/90 NOON
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: E AWARDS
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BOSKIN
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, Monday, May 21, with a copy to my
office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
May 22, 1990
TO:
CHRISS WINSTON
The NSC staff concurs with the attached Presidential remarks, as revised.
Brent B Scowcroft
James W. Cicconi
CC: James Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Title: Eaward
May 15, 1990
1990 MAY 18 PM 3. 39
Draft: Four
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: E AWARDS, THE ROSE GARDEN
Wednesday, May 23, 1990, 2:00 P.M.
( (Acknowledgements -- Ambassador Hills and Secretary
Mosbacher. ))
But it's especially great to have Carla and Bob here. For
American business, confronting protectionist barriers is like
having a door shut rudely in your face. And more and more,
American business is looking to Carla to open the door, and Bob
to guide them to it.
But, in the end, it is up to American business to step
through the opening, to enter foreign markets. And so that's why
I am here today, to present the "E" awards honoring American
firms that have been such outstanding competitors abroad. ((And
later on, I'll let you in on what the "E" stands for; but first,
a hint -- it doesn't stand for Elvis. ))\\\
Before I get to the awards, let me talk trade. I believe
the protectionist path leads to closed markets, lower living
standards and highest unemployment. So our direction is toward
open markets, expanding trade and negotiating a set of clear and
enforceable rules to govern world commerce. This is the path to
prosperity, growth and high employment.
And that is why my top trade priority for this year is an
ambitious multilateral agreement. We must conclude the Uruguay
Round of global trade talks by December.
2
Unfortunately, world trade has outgrown the rules of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, that served so
well for four decades. The United States and almost 100 other
nations representing more than 85 percent of the world's trade
agree, and are working with us to revise and improve GATT rules.
This is what we are striving to achieve:
*** First, we seek to reform agricultural trade, a market
inadequately covered by GATT rules, and badly distorted by
subsidies that cost farmers and consumers alike hundreds of
billions of dollars. There cannot be a successful conclusion to
the Uruguay Round without fundamental agricultural reform.
create
*** Second, we challenge our trading partners to envision a
X
world free of
sharpley reduced
*** Third, the United States wants to curb hundreds of
billions of dollars of trade-distorting subsidies. We believe
that entrepreneurs should compete on the basis of price and
quality, not by government's deep pockets.
*** Fourth, we want to ensure that the rules we have, and
those that we are negotiating, apply to developing countries no
longer at the margin of the trading system.
*** Fifth, we want to develop fair rules for new areas:
services, investment and intellectual property not covered under
current GATT rules.
*** Sixth and last, we want to create swift and effective
means to resolve trade disputes.
3
All told, we are striving to incorporate roughly one
trillion dollars worth of goods and services -- a third of world
trade that is not sufficiently covered by rules of fair play.
In our efforts, we will, of course, work closely with our
friends in Congress and the business community. But time is
short, our task is great. I call on our trading partners to move
these negotiations forward at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development meeting this month, and at the end of
Houston
the Economic Summit in / July. early
This round of the GATT is an ambitious undertaking -- the
last, best chance for the world to enter the next century with
free and fair trade for all. So let me be blunt: To The United
States no agreement is better than a bad agreement.
Even as we are driving at full-speed to complete the Round,
the United States is also making progress in market-opening
negotiations with Japan; in keeping the flow of goods and
services open with Canada and Mexico; in starting a dialogue with
the dynamic states of the Pacific Rim; and in ensuring that
Angle market
America will have access to Europe after the historic union of
1992.
We are also negotiating trade and investment agreements with
X
democratic
the reform governments of Eastern Europe and Latin America. They
stand to reap enormous gains from integration into the global
trading system; but the United States will also gain from their
long pent-up industry and imagination. Our objective is to
anchor these countries in the ideal of freedom -- economic, as
4
well as political freedom. So we are striving for free trade,
not just because it is good for America, but because it is good
for all mankind.
through the old State command economics
As the winds of change sweep out old barriers and liberalize
markets from Managua to Warsaw, we must be prepared to take
advantage of this historic opportunity, to compete and win. That
is why today I directed the Economic Policy Council to undertake
a Commercial Opportunities Initiative to encourage American
business to be more competitive.
The EPC will implement this initiative through the Trade
Promotion Coordinating Committee, or TPCC, to be chaired by the
Secretary of Commerce. This committee will, for the first time,
bring all the resources of the federal government to bear to
serve American exporting businesses.
I am also directing the committee to promote U.S. businesses
in new or neglected markets by leading Presidential Trade
Missions, missions to be headed by the Department of Commerce.
The EPC will report to me with a strategy for implementing this
Commercial Opportunities Initiative by September 30. 30.\\
Now, for the matter at hand.
At the height of the Second World War, "E" awards were
presented to war plants in recognition of excellence in
production. In a time of peace, we use the "E" symbol to
celebrate excellence in American exports. And as it turns out,
this is a very appropriate time for us to confer these awards.
5
You see, this week the Commerce Department and its
International Trade Administration is joining with state and
local governments, international trade groups and universities to
celebrate World Trade Week. And this week, we really have
something to celebrate -- last Wednesday's announcement that U.S.
exports in March hit $33.3 billion -- a record high.
This is yet another sign that America is a resurgent power
in world trade. And America exporting strength is no accident.
It is a result of the leadership of the American worker, the
American entrepreneur and an outstanding Secretary of Commerce,
Bob Mosbacher. \\
And so it is my pleasure to join Bob in presenting this
prestigious award for exporting excellence to eleven outstanding
companies:
First: The Aerotech World Trade Corporation of White
Plains, New York.
*** The American Bureau of Collections of Buffalo, New
York.
*** The American Hardware Manufacturers Association, of
Schaumburg, Illinois.
*** Applied Communications, Inc., of Omaha.
*** Bruce Foods Corporation of New Iberia, Louisiana. Now,
let me say something about Bruce Foods and their claim to fame.
You see, they have a contract to build more than forty Cajun and
Mexican restaurants in the Soviet Union. ( (So imagine that,
tacos in Tashkent and crawdaddies in Kiev. ))\\\
6
*** Commerce Bank of Kansas City. III
*** The Jacobsen Division of Textron, Racine, Wisconsin. III
*** The Midamar Corporation of Cedar Rapids. III
*** The Mid-South Exporter's Roundtable of Memphis. III
*** Proler International Corporation of Houston. 111,
And last: Valmont Industries of Valley, Nebraska. III
You've all started the 1990s off in a winning spirit. And
you've done something more than just represent your firms --
you've represented American drive and creativity to the world.
For that you have my gratitude and my congratulations.
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United
States of America.
#
#
#
Davis/Martin
Title: Eaward
May 15, 1990
Draft: Five
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: E AWARDS \ THE ROSE GARDEN
OK
Wednesday, May 23, 1990 \ 2:00 p.m.
us
((It is a pleasure to have two of our Administration's
"Trade Team" here today -- Secretary Bob Mosbacher and Ambassador
two
Carla Hills. Together you are two of this Nation's greatest
are
assets working day and night to open markets to American goods
and they are successful and Is am grateful to both
of
and services And I want to welcome all the members of Congress
then
with us today.))
For American business, confronting protectionist barriers is
like having a door shut rudely in your face. And more and more,
American business is looking to Carla to open the door, and Bob
to help them through it.
But, in the end, it is up to American business to step
beyond the open door, to enter foreign markets. And so that's
why I am here today, to present the "E" awards honoring American
firms that have been such outstanding competitors abroad. ((And
later on, I'll let you in on what the "E" stands for; but first,
a hint -- it doesn't stand for Elvis. )) III
Before I get to the awards, let me talk trade. I believe
the protectionist path leads to closed markets, lower living
standards and unemployment. So our direction is toward open
markets, expanding trade and negotiating a set of clear and
2
enforceable rules to govern world trade. This is the path to
prosperity, growth and high employment.
And that is why my top trade priority for this year is an
ambitious multilateral agreement. We must conclude the Uruguay
Round of global trade talks by December.
Unfortunately, world trade has outgrown the rules of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, that served so
well for four decades. The United States and almost 100 other
nations representing more than 85 percent of the world's trade
are working with us to revise and improve GATT rules.
This is what we are striving to achieve:
*** First, we seek to reform agricultural trade, a market
inadequately covered by GATT rules, and badly distorted by
subsidies and trade barriers that cost farmers and consumers
alike hundreds of billions of dollars. There simply cannot be a
successful conclusion to the Uruguay Round without fundamental
agricultural reform.
*** Second, we want to expand market access. We challenge
our trading partners to join us in creating a world of sharply
reduced tariffs.
*** Third, the United States wants to curb hundreds of
billions of dollars of trade-distorting subsidies. We believe
that entrepreneurs should compete on the basis of price and
quality, not on the basis of their government's deep pockets.
*** Fourth, we want to ensure that the rules we have, and
those that we are negotiating, apply to developing countries so
3
these countries are no longer at the margin of the trading
system.
*** Fifth, we want to develop fair rules for new areas --
services, investment and intellectual property -- not covered
under current GATT rules.
*** Sixth and finally, we want to create swift and
effective means to resolve trade disputes.
All told, we are striving to incorporate roughly one
trillion dollars worth of goods and services -- a third of the
world's trade -- that is not sufficiently covered by rules of
fair play.
In our efforts, we will, of course, work closely with our
friends in Congress and the business community, especially our
private sector advisors, many who are here today. But time is
short, our task is great. I call on our trading partners to move
these negotiations forward at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development meeting this month, and at the
Houston Economic Summit in early July.
This round of the GATT is an ambitious undertaking -- the
last, best chance for the world to enter the next century with
free and fair trade for all. So let me be blunt: To The United
States, no agreement is better than a bad agreement.
Even as we are driving at full-speed to complete the Round,
the United States is also making progress in market-opening
negotiations with Japan; in keeping the flow of goods and
services open with Canada and Mexico; by intensifying our
4
dialogue with the dynamic states of the Pacific Rim; and by
ensuring that America will have access to Europe after creation
of the historic single market of 1992.
We are also negotiating trade and investment agreements with
the democratic governments of Eastern Europe and engaging in
market opening initiatives with Latin America. They stand to
reap enormous gains from the Uruguay Round and other steps to
integrate their economies into the global trading system; but the
United States will also gain from their new found freedom to
invent, to invest and to imagine. Our objective is to anchor
these countries in the ideal of freedom -- economic, as well as
political freedom. So we are striving for free trade, not just
because it is good for America, but because it is good for all
mankind.
As the winds of freedom blow down old barriers and
liberalize markets from Managua to Warsaw, we must be prepared to
take advantage of this historic opportunity, to compete and win.
That is why today I directed the Economic Policy Council to
undertake a Commercial Opportunities Initiative to encourage
American business to move competitively into foreign markets.
The EPC will implement this initiative through a working
group called the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee, or TPCC,
to be chaired by the Secretary of Commerce. This committee will,
for the first time, harness all the resources of the federal
government to serve American exporting businesses. It will
5
provide a focal point for business and industry in the markets of
the world's emerging democracies.
I am also directing the committee to promote U.S. businesses
in new or neglected markets through official Presidential Trade
Missions, missions to be headed by the Secretary of Commerce.
Now, for the "E" Awards.
At the height of the Second World War, "E" awards were
presented to war plants in recognition of excellence in
production. In a time of peace, we use the "E" symbol to
celebrate excellence in American exports. And as it turns out,
this is a very appropriate time for us to confer these awards.
You see, this week the Commerce Department is joining with
state and local governments, international trade groups, and
universities throughout the nation to celebrate World Trade Week.
And this week, we really have something to celebrate -- last
Thursday's announcement that U.S. exports in March hit $33.3
billion -- a record high.
This is yet another sign that America remains a superpower
in world trade. But America's exporting strength is no accident.
It is the result of the hard work of leaders like our outstanding
Secretary of Commerce, Bob Mosbacher, and our our dynamic Trade
Representative Carla Hills here with us today.\\ But, first and
foremost, it is because of the leadership of the American worker,
the American farmer and the American entrepreneur.
You and all the other "E" and "E" Star Award winners that we
honor today started the decade off in a winning spirit. And
6
you've done something more than just represent your firms --
you've represented American drive and creativity to the world.
For that you have my gratitude and my congratulations.
And so it is my pleasure to now join Bob in presenting this
prestigious award for exporting excellence to eleven outstanding
companies that have earned the highest level "E" Award, the "E"
Star. [SEC. MOSBACHER WILL READ AWARD BIOS WHILE YOU PRESENT
PLAQUES.]
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E AWARDS \ THE ROSE GARDEN
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1990 \ 2:00 P.M..
((Iт IS A PLEASURE TO HAVE TWO OF OUR
ADMINISTRATION'S "TRADE TEAM" HERE TODAY -- SECRETARY
BoB MOSBACHER AND AMBASSADOR CARLA HILLS. TOGETHER
THESE TWO ARE WORKING DAY AND NIGHT TO OPEN MARKETS TO
AMERICAN GOODS AND SERVICES AND THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL AND
I AM GRATEFUL TO BOTH OF THEM. I ALSO WANT TO WELCOME
SUSAN ENGELEITER AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WITH
US TODAY.))
- 2 -
FOR AMERICAN BUSINESS, CONFRONTING PROTECTIONIST
BARRIERS IS LIKE HAVING A DOOR SHUT RUDELY IN YOUR
FACE. AND MORE AND MORE, AMERICAN BUSINESS IS LOOKING
TO CARLA TO OPEN THE DOOR, AND BoB TO HELP THEM THROUGH
IT.
BUT, IN THE END, IT IS UP TO AMERICAN BUSINESS TO
STEP BEYOND THE OPEN DOOR, TO ENTER FOREIGN MARKETS.
AND so THAT'S WHY I AM HERE TODAY, TO PRESENT THE "E"
AWARDS HONORING AMERICAN FIRMS THAT HAVE BEEN SUCH
OUTSTANDING COMPETITORS ABROAD.
- 3 -
((AND LATER ON, I'LL LET YOU IN ON WHAT THE "E" STANDS
FOR; BUT FIRST, A HINT -- IT DOESN'T STAND FOR
ELVIS. ))\\\
BEFORE I GET TO THE AWARDS, LET ME TALK TRADE. I
BELIEVE THE PROTECTIONIST PATH LEADS To CLOSED MARKETS,
LOWER LIVING STANDARDS AND UNEMPLOYMENT. So OUR
DIRECTION IS TOWARD OPEN MARKETS, EXPANDING TRADE AND
NEGOTIATING A SET OF CLEAR AND ENFORCEABLE RULES TO
GOVERN WORLD TRADE. THIS IS THE PATH TO PROSPERITY,
GROWTH AND HIGH EMPLOYMENT.
- 4 -
AND THAT IS WHY MY TOP TRADE PRIORITY FOR THIS YEAR
IS AN AMBITIOUS MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT. WE MUST
CONCLUDE THE URUGUAY ROUND OF GLOBAL TRADE TALKS BY
DECEMBER.
UNFORTUNATELY, WORLD TRADE HAS OUTGROWN THE RULES
OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE, OR GATT,
THAT SERVED so WELL FOR FOUR DECADES.
- 5 -
THE UNITED STATES AND ALMOST 100 OTHER NATIONS
REPRESENTING MORE THAN 85 PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S TRADE
ARE WORKING WITH US TO REVISE AND IMPROVE GATT RULES.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE STRIVING TO ACHIEVE:
*** FIRST, WE SEEK TO REFORM AGRICULTURAL TRADE, A
MARKET INADEQUATELY COVERED BY GATT RULES, AND BADLY
DISTORTED BY SUBSIDIES AND TRADE BARRIERS THAT COST
FARMERS AND CONSUMERS ALIKE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS.
- 6 -
THERE SIMPLY CANNOT BE A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION TO THE
URUGUAY ROUND WITHOUT FUNDAMENTAL AGRICULTURAL REFORM.
*** SECOND, WE WANT TO EXPAND MARKET ACCESS. WE
CHALLENGE OUR TRADING PARTNERS TO JOIN US IN CREATING A
WORLD OF SHARPLY REDUCED TARIFFS.
*** THIRD, THE UNITED STATES WANTS TO CURB
HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF TRADE-DISTORTING
SUBSIDIES.
- 7 -
WE BELIEVE THAT ENTREPRENEURS SHOULD COMPETE ON THE
BASIS OF PRICE AND QUALITY, NOT ON THE BASIS OF THEIR
GOVERNMENT'S DEEP POCKETS.
*** FOURTH, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE RULES WE
HAVE, AND THOSE THAT WE ARE NEGOTIATING, APPLY TO
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES so THESE COUNTRIES ARE NO LONGER
AT THE MARGIN OF THE TRADING SYSTEM.
- 8 -
*** FIFTH, WE WANT TO DEVELOP FAIR RULES FOR NEW
AREAS -- SERVICES, INVESTMENT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
-- NOT COVERED UNDER CURRENT GATT RULES.
*** SIXTH AND FINALLY, WE WANT TO CREATE SWIFT AND
EFFECTIVE MEANS TO RESOLVE TRADE DISPUTES.
ALL TOLD, WE ARE STRIVING TO INCORPORATE ROUGHLY
ONE TRILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF GOODS AND SERVICES -- A
THIRD OF THE WORLD'S TRADE -- THAT IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY
COVERED BY RULES OF FAIR PLAY.
- 9 -
IN OUR EFFORTS, WE WILL, OF COURSE, WORK CLOSELY
WITH OUR FRIENDS IN CONGRESS AND THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY OUR PRIVATE SECTOR ADVISORS, MANY
WHO ARE HERE TODAY. BUT TIME IS SHORT, OUR TASK IS
GREAT. I CALL ON OUR TRADING PARTNERS TO MOVE THESE
NEGOTIATIONS FORWARD AT THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC
COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT MEETING THIS MONTH, AND AT
THE HOUSTON ECONOMIC SUMMIT IN EARLY JULY.
- 10 -
THIS ROUND OF THE GATT IS AN AMBITIOUS
UNDERTAKING -- THE LAST, BEST CHANCE FOR THE WORLD TO
ENTER THE NEXT CENTURY WITH FREE AND FAIR TRADE FOR
ALL. So LET ME BE BLUNT: To THE UNITED STATES, NO
AGREEMENT IS BETTER THAN A BAD AGREEMENT. 111
- 11 -
EVEN AS WE ARE DRIVING AT FULL-SPEED TO COMPLETE
THE ROUND, THE UNITED STATES IS ALSO MAKING PROGRESS IN
MARKET-OPENING NEGOTIATIONS WITH JAPAN; IN KEEPING THE
FLOW OF GOODS AND SERVICES OPEN WITH CANADA AND MEXICO;
BY INTENSIFYING OUR DIALOGUE WITH THE DYNAMIC STATES OF
THE PACIFIC RIM; AND BY ENSURING THAT AMERICA WILL HAVE
ACCESS TO EUROPE AFTER CREATION OF THE HISTORIC SINGLE
MARKET OF 1992.
4)
- 12 -
WE ARE ALSO NEGOTIATING TRADE AND INVESTMENT
AGREEMENTS WITH THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS OF EASTERN
EUROPE AND ENGAGING IN MARKET OPENING INITIATIVES WITH
LATIN AMERICA. THEY STAND TO REAP ENORMOUS GAINS FROM
THE URUGUAY ROUND AND OTHER STEPS TO INTEGRATE THEIR
ECONOMIES INTO THE GLOBAL TRADING SYSTEM; BUT THE
UNITED STATES WILL ALSO GAIN FROM THEIR NEW FOUND
FREEDOM TO INVENT, TO INVEST AND TO IMAGINE.
- 13 -
OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO ANCHOR THESE COUNTRIES IN THE IDEAL
OF FREEDOM -- ECONOMIC, AS WELL AS POLITICAL FREEDOM.
So WE ARE STRIVING FOR FREE TRADE, NOT JUST BECAUSE IT
IS GOOD FOR AMERICA, BUT BECAUSE IT IS GOOD FOR ALL
MANKIND.
As THE WINDS OF FREEDOM BLOW DOWN OLD BARRIERS AND
LIBERALIZE MARKETS FROM MANAGUA TO WARSAW, WE MUST BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS HISTORIC
OPPORTUNITY, TO COMPETE AND WIN.
- 14 -
THAT IS WHY TODAY I DIRECTED THE ECONOMIC POLICY
COUNCIL TO UNDERTAKE A COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES
INITIATIVE TO ENCOURAGE AMERICAN BUSINESS TO MOVE
COMPETITIVELY INTO FOREIGN MARKETS.
THE EPC WILL IMPLEMENT THIS INITIATIVE THROUGH A
WORKING GROUP CALLED THE TRADE PROMOTION COORDINATING
COMMITTEE, OR TPCC, TO BE CHAIRED BY THE SECRETARY OF
COMMERCE. THIS COMMITTEE WILL, FOR THE FIRST TIME,
HARNESS ALL THE RESOURCES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
SERVE AMERICAN EXPORTING BUSINESSES.
- 15 -
IT WILL PROVIDE A FOCAL POINT FOR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
IN THE MARKETS OF THE WORLD'S EMERGING DEMOCRACIES.
I AM ALSO DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE To PROMOTE U.S.
BUSINESSES IN NEW OR NEGLECTED MARKETS THROUGH OFFICIAL
PRESIDENTIAL TRADE MISSIONS, MISSIONS TO BE HEADED BY
THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.
Now, FOR THE "E" AWARDS.
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, "E" AWARDS
WERE PRESENTED TO WAR PLANTS IN RECOGNITION OF
EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION.
- 16 -
IN A TIME OF PEACE, WE USE THE "E" SYMBOL TO CELEBRATE
EXCELLENCE IN AMERICAN EXPORTS. AND AS IT TURNS OUT,
THIS IS A VERY APPROPRIATE TIME FOR US TO CONFER THESE
AWARDS.
You SEE, THIS WEEK THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT IS
JOINING WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, INTERNATIONAL
TRADE GROUPS, AND UNIVERSITIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION TO
CELEBRATE WORLD TRADE WEEK.
- 17 -
AND THIS WEEK, WE REALLY HAVE SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE --
LAST THURSDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT U.S. EXPORTS IN MARCH
HIT $33.3 BILLION -- A RECORD HIGH.
THIS IS YET ANOTHER SIGN THAT AMERICA REMAINS A
SUPERPOWER IN WORLD TRADE. BUT AMERICA'S EXPORTING
STRENGTH IS NO ACCIDENT. IT IS THE RESULT OF THE HARD
WORK OF LEADERS LIKE OUR OUTSTANDING SECRETARY OF
COMMERCE, BoB MOSBACHER, AND OUR DYNAMIC TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE CARLA HILLS HERE WITH US TODAY.
- 18 -
BUT, FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT IS BECAUSE OF THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE AMERICAN WORKER, THE AMERICAN FARMER
AND THE AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR.
You AND ALL THE OTHER "E" AND "E" STAR AWARD
WINNERS THAT WE HONOR TODAY STARTED THE DECADE OFF IN A
WINNING SPIRIT. AND YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING MORE THAN
JUST REPRESENT YOUR FIRMS -- YOU'VE REPRESENTED
AMERICAN DRIVE AND CREATIVITY TO THE WORLD. FOR THAT
YOU HAVE MY GRATITUDE AND MY CONGRATULATIONS.
- 19 -
AND so IT IS MY PLEASURE TO NOW JOIN BoB AND CARLA
IN PRESENTING THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR EXPORTING
EXCELLENCE TO ELEVEN OUTSTANDING COMPANIES THAT HAVE
EARNED THE HIGHEST LEVEL "E" AWARD, THE "E" STAR.
[SEC. MOSBACHER WILL READ AWARD BIOS WHILE YOU PRESENT
CERTIFICATES.]
#
#
#
Document No. 14223355
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5/18/90
5/21/90 NOON
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: E AWARDS
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BOSKIN
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, Monday, May 21, with a copy to my
office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
see Comments. Thanks.
Holly Williamson
5-21-90
10:50 12 MAY 06
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Title: Eaward
May 15, 1990
1990 MAY 18 PM 3. 39
Draft: Four
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: E AWARDS, THE ROSE GARDEN
Wednesday, May 23, 1990, 2:00 P.M.
( (Acknowledgements -- Ambassador Hills and Secretary
Mosbacher. ))
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later on, I'll let you in on what the "E" stands for; but first,
a hint -- it doesn't stand for Elvis. ) ) 1\\\
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open markets, expanding trade and negotiating a set of clear and
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prosperity, growth and high employment.
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ambitious multilateral agreement. We must conclude the Uruguay
Round of global trade talks by December.
2
Unfortunately, world trade has outgrown the rules of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, that served so
well for four decades. The United States and almost 100 other
nations representing more than 85 percent of the world's trade
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3
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4
well as political freedom. So we are striving for free trade,
not just because it is good for America, but because it is good
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Now, for the matter at hand.
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said
At the height of the Second World War, "E" awards were
date.
presented to war plants in recognition of excellence in
production. In a time of peace, we use the "E" symbol to
celebrate excellence in American exports. And as it turns out,
this is a very appropriate time for us to confer these awards.
5
EPC
You see, this week the Commerce Department and its
International Trade Administration is joining with state and
Vannerce
throughout the Nation
local governments, international trade groups and universitiesAto
celebrate World Trade Week. And this week, we really have
something to celebrate -- last Wednesday's announcement that U.S.
exports in March hit $33.3 billion -- a record high.
remains a superpower
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in world trade. And America exporting strength is no accident.
the American EAC
It is a result of the leadership of the American worker, ^the farmer
our
American entrepreneur and an outstanding Secretary of Commerce,
Bob Mosbacher.
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And so it is my pleasure to join Bob in presenting this
prestigious award for exporting excellence to eleven outstanding
connerces
companies that have earned the highest level (oronder) Eaward, the
The President Estars.
"E Star:
First: The Aerotech World Trade Corporation of White
Plains, New York. \\\
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*** The American Bureau of Collections of Buffalo, New
the York. \\\
(see programiat note on last
pase.)
*** The American Hardware Manufacturers Association, of
Schaumburg, Illinois. \\\
*** Applied Communications, Inc., of Omaha. III
*** Bruce Foods Corporation of New Iberia, Louisiana. Now,
let me say something about Bruce Foods and their claim to fame.
You see, they have a contract to build more than forty Cajun and
Mexican restaurants in the Soviet Union. ( (So imagine that,
tacos in Tashkent and crawdaddies in Kiev. ))\\\
6
*** Commerce Bank of Kansas City. III
*** The Jacobsen Division of Textron, Racine, Wisconsin. \\\
*** The Midamar Corporation of Cedar Rapids. III
*** The Mid-South Exporter's Roundtable of Memphis. III
*** Proler International Corporation of Houston. \\\
VOCA
And finally last: Valmont Industries of Valley, Nebraska. \\\
commerce You Ave v8 all started the 1990s decade off in a winning spirit. And
and the other E& Estar award winners of the 1989/90 season that we honor today
you've done something more than just represent your firms --
you've represented American drive and creativity to the world.
For that you have my gratitude and my congratulations.
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United
States of America.
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#
commerce note:
12 other "E Star" awardees will be present & all
1989/90 E winners will be notal in the program.
may as well take credit for Hillibs them. CRAM will
be sending out copis of the program to all winner ul a
cover letter.)
Document No. 142233
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 MAY 23 A8: 08
DATE: 05/22/90
----
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: E AWARDS CEREMONY
(05/15 draft five)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
P
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
F
PORTER
DARMAN
P
ROGICH
R
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
F
ROCERS
à
CICCONI
PINKERTON
WINSTON
DEMAREST
A
FITZWATER
BOSKIN
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 22, 1990
1990 MAY 22 01 5: 59
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
MARK DAVISON
SUBJECT:
E AWARDS CEREMONY
I. SUMMARY:
On Wednesday, May 23, you will address an audience of
approximately one hundred and eighty people, including such
dignitaries as Secretary Mosbacher, Ambassador Hills and ten
members of Congress. This event will take place in the Rose
Garden at two o'clock in the afternoon. Your remarks will be ten
minutes in length and will be prepared on speechcards.
II. DISCUSSION:
The proposed text will serve as an introductory statement
for the international trade talks that will take place at the
Economic Summit in Houston and the Uruguay Talks later in the
year. At the conclusion of your speech, you will participate
with Secretary Mosbacher in the presentation of the E Star Awards
-- the highest level of E Awards -- bestowing recognition to
eleven companies for their excellence and commitment to quality
and competitiveness in international trade.
Davis/Martin
Title: Eaward
May 15, 1990
Draft: Five
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: E AWARDS 1 THE ROSE GARDEN
Wednesday, May 23, 1990 1 2:00 p.m.
((It is a pleasure to have two of our Administration's
"Trade Team" here today -- Secretary Bob Mosbacher and Ambassador
Carla Hills. Together you are two of this Nation's greatest
assets working day and night to open markets to American goods
and services. And I want to welcome all the members of Congress
with us today.))
For American business, confronting protectionist barriers is
like having a door shut rudely in your face. And more and more,
American business is looking to Carla to open the door, and Bob
to help them through it.
But, in the end, it is up to American business to step
beyond the open door, to enter foreign markets. And so that's
why I am here today, to present the "E" awards honoring American
firms that have been such outstanding competitors abroad. ((And
later on, I'll let you in on what the "E" stands for; but first,
a hint -- it doesn't stand for Elvis. )
Before I get to the awards, let me talk trade. I believe
the protectionist path leads to closed markets, lower living
standards and unemployment. So our direction is toward open
markets, expanding trade and negotiating a set of clear and
2
enforceable rules to govern world trade. This is the path to
prosperity, growth and high employment.
And that is why my top trade priority for this year is an
ambitious multilateral agreement. We must conclude the Uruguay
Round of global trade talks by December.
Unfortunately, world trade has outgrown the rules of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, that served so
well for four decades. The United States and almost 100 other
nations representing more than 85 percent of the world's trade
are working with us to revise and improve GATT rules.
This is what we are striving to achieve:
*** First, we seek to reform agricultural trade, a market
inadequately covered by GATT rules, and badly distorted by
subsidies and trade barriers that cost farmers and consumers
alike hundreds of billions of dollars. There simply cannot be a
successful conclusion to the Uruguay Round without fundamental
agricultural reform.
*** Second, we want to expand market access. We challenge
our trading partners to join us in creating a world of sharply
reduced tariffs.
*** Third, the United States wants to curb hundreds of
billions of dollars of trade-distorting subsidies. We believe
that entrepreneurs should compete on the basis of price and
quality, not on the basis of their government's deep pockets.
*** Fourth, we want to ensure that the rules we have, and
those that we are negotiating, apply to developing countries so
3
these countries are no longer at the margin of the trading
system.
*** Fifth, we want to develop fair rules for new areas --
services, investment and intellectual property -- not covered
under current GATT rules.
*** Sixth and finally, we want to create swift and
effective means to resolve trade disputes.
All told, we are striving to incorporate roughly one
trillion dollars worth of goods and services -- a third of the
world's trade -- that is not sufficiently covered by rules of
fair play.
In our efforts, we will, of course, work closely with our
friends in Congress and the business community, especially our
private sector advisors, many who are here today. But time is
short, our task is great. I call on our trading partners to move
these negotiations forward at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development meeting this month, and at the
Houston Economic Summit in early July.
This round of the GATT is an ambitious undertaking -- the
last, best chance for the world to enter the next century with
free and fair trade for all. So let me be blunt: To The United
States, no agreement is better than a bad agreement.
Even as we are driving at full-speed to complete the Round,
the United States is also making progress in market-opening
negotiations with Japan; in keeping the flow of goods and
services open with Canada and Mexico; by intensifying our
4
dialogue with the dynamic states of the Pacific Rim; and by
ensuring that America will have access to Europe after creation
of the historic single market of 1992.
We are also negotiating trade and investment agreements with
the democratic governments of Eastern Europe and engaging in
market opening initiatives with Latin America. They stand to
reap enormous gains from the Uruguay Round and other steps to
integrate their economies into the global trading system; but the
United States will also gain from their new found freedom to
invent, to invest and to imagine. Our objective is to anchor
these countries in the ideal of freedom -- economic, as well as
political freedom. So we are striving for free trade, not just
because it is good for America, but because it is good for all
mankind.
As the winds of freedom blow down old barriers and
liberalize markets from Managua to Warsaw, we must be prepared to
take advantage of this historic opportunity, to compete and win.
That is why today I directed the Economic Policy Council to
undertake a Commercial Opportunities Initiative to encourage
American business to move competitively into foreign markets.
The EPC will implement this initiative through a working
group called the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee, or TPCC,
to be chaired by the Secretary of Commerce. This committee will,
for the first time, harness all the resources of the federal
government to serve American exporting businesses. It will
5
provide a focal point for business and industry in the markets of
the world's emerging democracies.
I am also directing the committee to promote U.S. businesses
in new or neglected markets through official Presidential Trade
Missions, missions to be headed by the Secretary of Commerce.
Now, for the "E" Awards.
At the height of the Second World War, "E" awards were
presented to war plants in recognition of excellence in
production. In a time of peace, we use the "E" symbol to
celebrate excellence in American exports. And as it turns out,
this is a very appropriate time for us to confer these awards.
You see, this week the Commerce Department is joining with
state and local governments, international trade groups, and
universities throughout the nation to celebrate World Trade Week.
And this week, we really have something to celebrate -- last
Thursday's announcement that U.S. exports in March hit $33.3
billion -- a record high.
This is yet another sign that America remains a superpower
in world trade. But America's exporting strength is no accident.
It is the result of the hard work of leaders like our outstanding
Secretary of Commerce, Bob Mosbacher, and our our dynamic Trade
Representative Carla Hills here with us today.\ But, first and
foremost, it is because of the leadership of the American worker,
the American farmer and the American entrepreneur.
You and all the other "E" and "E" Star Award winners that we
honor today started the decade off in a winning spirit. And
6
you've done something more than just represent your firms --
you've represented American drive and creativity to the world.
For that you have my gratitude and my congratulations.
And so it is my pleasure to now join Bob in presenting this
prestigious award for exporting excellence to eleven outstanding
companies that have earned the highest level "E" Award, the "E"
Star. [SEC. MOSBACHER WILL READ AWARD BIOS WHILE YOU PRESENT
PLAQUES.]
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 22, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
MARK DAVIS
SUBJECT:
E AWARDS CEREMONY
I. SUMMARY:
On Wednesday, May 23, you will address an audience of
approximately one hundred and eighty people, including such
dignitaries as Secretary Mosbacher, Ambassador Hills and ten
members of Congress. This event will take place in the Rose
Garden at two o'clock in the afternoon. Your remarks will be ten
minutes in length and will be prepared on speechcards.
II. DISCUSSION:
The proposed text will serve as an introductory statement
for the international trade talks that will take place at the
Economic Summit in Houston and the Uruguay Talks later in the
year. At the conclusion of your speech, you will participate
with Secretary Mosbacher in the presentation of the E Star Awards
-- the highest level of E Awards -- bestowing recognition to
eleven companies for their excellence and commitment to quality
and competitiveness in international trade.
Reninder:
changes
Davis/Martin
Title: Eaward
May 15, 1990
Draft: Five
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: E AWARDS \ THE ROSE GARDEN
Wednesday, May 23, 1990 1 2:00 p.m.
( (It is a pleasure to have two of our Administration's
"Trade Team" here today -- Secretary Bob Mosbacher and Ambassador
Carla Hills. Together you are two of this Nation's greatest
assets working day and night to open markets to American goods
and services. And I want to welcome all the members of Congress
with us today.) ))
For American business, confronting protectionist barriers is
like having a door shut rudely in your face. And more and more,
American business is looking to Carla to open the door, and Bob
to help them through it.
But, in the end, it is up to American business to step
beyond the open door, to enter foreign markets. And so that's
why I am here today, to present the "E" awards honoring American
firms that have been such outstanding competitors abroad. ((And
later on, I'll let you in on what the "E" stands for; but first,
a hint -- it doesn't stand for Elvis. ))\\\
Before I get to the awards, let me talk trade. I believe
the protectionist path leads to closed markets, lower living
standards and unemployment. So our direction is toward open
markets, expanding trade and negotiating a set of clear and
2
enforceable rules to govern world trade. This is the path to
prosperity, growth and high employment.
And that is why my top trade priority for this year is an
ambitious multilateral agreement. We must conclude the Uruguay
Round of global trade talks by December.
Unfortunately, world trade has outgrown the rules of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, that served so
well for four decades. The United States and almost 100 other
nations representing more than 85 percent of the world's trade
are working with us to revise and improve GATT rules.
This is what we are striving to achieve:
*** First, we seek to reform agricultural trade, a market
inadequately covered by GATT rules, and badly distorted by
subsidies and trade barriers that cost farmers and consumers
alike hundreds of billions of dollars. There simply cannot be a
successful conclusion to the Uruguay Round without fundamental
agricultural reform.
*** Second, we want to expand market access. We challenge
our trading partners to join us in creating a world free of
tariffs.
*** Third, the United States wants to curb hundreds of
billions of dollars of trade-distorting subsidies. We believe
that entrepreneurs should compete on the basis of price and
quality, not on the basis of their government's deep pockets.
*** Fourth, we want to ensure that the rules we have, and
those that we are negotiating, apply to developing countries so
3
these countries are no longer at the margin of the trading
system.
*** Fifth, we want to develop fair rules for new areas --
services, investment and intellectual property -- not covered
under current GATT rules.
*** Sixth and finally, we want to create swift and
effective means to resolve trade disputes.
All told, we are striving to incorporate roughly one
trillion dollars worth of goods and services -- a third of the
world's trade -- that is not sufficiently covered by rules of
fair play.
In our efforts, we will, of course, work closely with our
friends in Congress and the business community, especially our
private sector advisors, many who are here today. But time is
short, our task is great. I call on our trading partners to move
these negotiations forward at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development meeting this month, and at the
Houston Economic Summit in early July.
This round of the GATT is an ambitious undertaking -- the
last, best chance for the world to enter the next century with
free and fair trade for all. So let me be blunt: To The United
States, no agreement is better than a bad agreement. III
Even as we are driving at full-speed to complete the Round,
the United States is also making progress in market-opening
negotiations with Japan; in keeping the flow of goods and
services open with Canada and Mexico; by intensifying our
4
dialogue with the dynamic states of the Pacific Rim; and by
ensuring that America will have access to Europe after the
historic single market union of 1992.
We are also negotiating trade and investment agreements with
the reform governments of Eastern Europe and engaging in market
operating iniatives with Latin America. They stand to reap
enormous gains from the Uruguay Round and other steps to
integrate their economies into the global trading system; but the
United States will also gain from their new found freedom to
invent, to invest and to imagine. Our objective is to anchor
these countries in the ideal of freedom -- economic, as well as
political freedom. So we are striving for free trade, not just
because it is good for America, but because it is good for all
mankind.
As the winds of freedom blow down old barriers and
liberalize markets from Managua to Warsaw, we must be prepared to
take advantage of this historic opportunity, to compete and win.
That is why today I directed the Economic Policy Council to
undertake a Commercial Opportunities Initiative to encourage
American business to move competitively into foreign markets.
The EPC will implement this initiative through a working
group called the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee, or TPCC,
to be chaired by the Secretary of Commerce. This committee will,
for the first time, harness all the resources of the federal
government to serve American exporting businesses. It will
5
provide a focal point for business and industry in the markets of
the world's emerging democracies.
I am also directing the committee to promote U.S. businesses
in new or neglected markets through official Presidential Trade
Missions, missions to be headed by the Secretary of Commerce.
Now, for the "E" Awards.
At the height of the Second World War, "E" awards were
presented to war plants in recognition of excellence in
production. In a time of peace, we use the "E" symbol to
celebrate excellence in American exports. And as it turns out,
this is a very appropriate time for us to confer these awards.
You see, this week the Commerce Department is joining with
state and local governments, international trade groups, and
universities throughout the nation to celebrate World Trade Week.
And this week, we really have something to celebrate -- last
Thursday's announcement that U.S. exports in March hit $33.3
billion -- a record high.
This is yet another sign that America remains a superpower
in world trade. But America's exporting strength is no accident.
It is the result of the hard work of leaders like our outstanding
Secretary of Commerce, Bob Mosbacher, and our our dynamic Trade
Representative Carla Hills here with us today. But, first and
foremost, it is because of the leadership of the American worker,
the American farmer and the American entrepreneur.
You and all the other "E" and "E" Star Award winners that we
honor today started the decade off in a winning spirit. And
6
you've done something more than just represent your firms --
you've represented American drive and creativity to the world.
For that you have my gratitude and my congratulations.
And so it is my pleasure to now join Bob in presenting this
prestigious award for exporting excellence to eleven outstanding
companies that have earned the highest level "E" Award, the "E"
Star. [SEC. MOSBACHER WILL READ AWARD BIOS WHILE YOU PRESENT
PLAQUES.]
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 22, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
MARK DAVIS
SUBJECT:
E AWARDS CEREMONY
I. SUMMARY:
On Wednesday, May 23, you will address an audience of
approximately one hundred and eighty people, including such
dignitaries as Secretary Mosbacher, Ambassador Hills and ten
members of Congress. This event will take place in the Rose
Garden at two o'clock in the afternoon. Your remarks will be ten
minutes in length and will be prepared on speechcards.
II. DISCUSSION:
The proposed text will serve as an introductory statement
for the international trade talks that will take place at the
Economic Summit in Houston and the Uruguay Talks later- in the
year. At the conclusion of your speech, you will participate
with Secretary Mosbacher in the presentation of the E Star Awards
-- the highest level of E Awards -- bestowing recognition to
eleven companies for their excellence and commitment to quality
and competitiveness in international trade.
Document No. 14223355
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5/18/90
5/21/90 NOON
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: E AWARDS
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
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REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, Monday, May 21, with a copy to my
office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Title: Eaward
May 15, 1990
1990 MAY 18 PM 3. 39
Draft: Four
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: E AWARDS, THE ROSE GARDEN
Wednesday, May 23, 1990, 2:00 P.M.
1
( (Acknowledgements -- Ambassador Hills and Secretary
Mosbacher. ))
But it's especially great to have Carla and Bob here. For
American business, confronting protectionist barriers is like
having a door shut rudely in your face. And more and more,
American business is looking to Carla to open the door, and Bob
to guide them through to it.
help
But, in the end, it is up to American business to step
beyond
cloor
through the opening, to enter foreign markets. And so that's why
I am here today, to present the "E" awards honoring American
firms that have been such outstanding competitors abroad. ((And
later on, I'll let you in on what the "E" stands for; but first,
a hint -- it doesn't stand for Elvis. ))\\\
Before I get to the awards, let me talk trade. I believe
the protectionist path leads to closed markets, lower living
standards and highest unemployment. So our direction is toward
open markets, expanding trade and negotiating a set of clear and
trade
enforceable rules to govern world commerce. This is the path to
prosperity, growth and high employment.
And that is why my top trade priority for this year is an
ambitious multilateral agreement. We must conclude the Uruguay
Round of global trade talks by December.
2
Unfortunately, world trade has outgrown the rules of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, that served so
well for four decades. The United States and almost 100 other
nations representing more than 85 percent of the world's trade
agree, and are working with us to revise and improve GATT rules.
This is what we are striving to achieve:
*** First, we seek to reform agricultural trade, a market
inadequately covered by GATT rules, and badly distorted by
cond tinde burriers
subsidies, that cost farmers and consumers alike hundreds of
billions of dollars. There Simply cannot be a successful conclusion to
the Uruguay Round without fundamental agricultural reform.
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billions of dollars of trade-distorting subsidies. We believe
that entrepreneurs should compete on the basis of price and
on the basis of their
quality, not by government's deep pockets.
*** Fourth, we want to ensure that the rules we have, and
so these are
those that we are negotiating, apply to developing countries no
longer at the margin of the trading system.
*** Fifth, we want to develop fair rules for new areas
services, investment and intellectual property not covered under
current GATT rules.
*** Sixth and last, finally we want to create swift and effective
means to resolve trade disputes.
3
All told, we are striving to incorporate roughly one
the
trillion dollars worth of goods and services -- a third of, world s
trade that is not sufficiently covered by rules of fair play.
In our efforts, we will, of course, work closely with our
especially our private sector advisor, many have who today are
friends in Congress and the business community. But time is
short, our task is great. I call on our trading partners to move
these negotiations forward at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development meeting this month, and at the end of
Houston
early
the Economic Summit in July.
This round of the GATT is an ambitious undertaking -- the
last, best chance for the world to enter the next century with
free and fair trade for all. So let me be blunt: To The United
States no agreement is better than a bad agreement. \\\
insert
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Even as we are driving at full-speed to complete the Round,
the United States is also making progress in market-opening
negotiations with Japan; in keeping the flow of goods and
by intensifying our
services open with Canada and Mexico; in starting a dialogue with
the dynamic states of the Pacific Rim; and in by ensuring that
single market
America will have access to Europe after the historic union of
1992.
We are also negotiating trade and investment agreements with
engagma in market 0 operating
the reform governments of Eastern Europe and Latin America. They
the Uruguay Round and other steps to in tesrate their
stand to reap enormous gains from integration into the global
trading system; but the United States will also gain from their
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As the winds of change sweep out old barriers and liberalize
markets from Managua to Warsaw, we must be prepared to take
advantage of this historic opportunity, to compete and win. That
is why today I directed the Economic Policy Council to undertake
a Commercial Opportunities Initiative to encourage American
move competitively into foreign market.
business to be more competitive.
a working group called
The EPC will implement this initiative through the Trade
Promotion Coordinating Committee, or TPCC, to be chaired by the
Secretary of Commerce. This committee will, for the first time,
harness
bring all the resources of the federal government to bear to
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"E" Awards.
Now, for the matter at hand.
At the height of the Second World War, "E" awards were
presented to war plants in recognition of excellence in
production. In a time of peace, we use the "E" symbol to
celebrate excellence in American exports. And as it turns out,
this is a very appropriate time for us to confer these awards.
5
You see, this week the Commerce Department and its
International Trade Administration is joining with state and
throughout the Nation
local governments, international trade groups and universities to
celebrate World Trade Week. And this week, we really have
Thursday's
something to celebrate -- last Wednesday's announcement that U.S.
exports in March hit $33.3 billion -- a record high.
remains a super
This is yet another sign that America is a resurgent power
in world trade. And America exporting strength is no accident.
also because
the american farmer and
But It, is a result of the leadership of the American worker, the
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American entrepreneur, and our an outstanding Secretary of Commerce,
7
and our dynamic Trade Represen tative Ca la Hills, here
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with us today.
And so it is my pleasure to join Bob in presenting this
prestigious award for exporting excellence to eleven outstanding
companies that have earned the higlest level "E" Award, the
"E" Star. (mos.-.
First: The Aerotech World Trade Corporation of White
Plains, New York. \\\
*** The American Bureau of Collections of Buffalo, New
York. \\\
*** The American Hardware Manufacturers Association, of
Schaumburg, Illinois. III
*** Applied Communications, Inc., of Omaha. III
*** Bruce Foods Corporation of New Iberia, Louisiana. Now,
let me say something about Bruce Foods and their claim to fame.
You see, they have a contract to build more than forty Cajun and
Mexican restaurants in the Soviet Union. ( (So imagine that,
tacos in Tashkent and crawdaddies in Kiev. ))\\\
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*** Commerce Bank of Kansas City. III
*** The Jacobsen Division of Textron, Racine, Wisconsin. \\\
*** The Midamar Corporation of Cedar Rapids. III
*** The Mid-South Exporter's Roundtable of Memphis. III
*** Proler International Corporation of Houston. \\\
And finally last: Valmont Industries of Valley, Nebraska III
decade
You've all started the 1990s off in a winning spirit. And
you've done something more than just represent your firms --
you've represented American drive and creativity to the world.
For that you have my gratitude and my congratulations.
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United
States of America.
and all the other # E and E STAR # award winners # that we
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Dear Sir:
Per your request, I am sending information about the
American Bureau of Collections, which will be honored with the
"E Star" Award on the occasion of the President's May 23
foreign policy speech.
Collection agencies seem to rank one peg above the tax man
near the bottom of the public's regard. It would strike many
people as novel that a firm in our industry is even involved in
international trade. More unique is the fact that foreign
governments need our services, which our own government is now
recognizing with its highest export award.
It should be encouraging to all firms, no matter what they
do, that if a collection agency can succeed in the field of
foreign commerce than so, too, can they. We thought this point
might be appealing to you.
Yours sincerely,
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SUNUNU
NEWMAN
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ROGICH
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office. Thank you.
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Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Title: Baward
May 15, 1990
1990 MAY 18 Fill 3. 39
Draft: Four
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: E ANARDS, THE ROSE GARDEN
Wednesday, May 23, 1990, 2:00 P.M.
( (Acknowledgements -- Ambassador Hills and Secretary
Mosbacher. ))
But it's especially great to have Carla and Bob here. For
American business, confronting protectionist barriers is like
having a door shut rudely in your face. And more and more,
American business is looking to Carla to open the door, and Bob
to guide them to it.
But, in the end, it is up to American business to step
through the opening, to enter foreign markets. And so that's why
I am here today, to present the "E" awards honoring American
firms that have been such outstanding competitors abroad. { (And
later on, I'll let you in on what the "E" stands for; but first,
a hint -- it doesn't stand for Elvis. ) )
Before I get to the awards, let me talk trade. I believe
the protectionist path leads to closed markets, lower living
standards and highest unemployment. So our direction is toward
open markets, expanding trade and negotiating a set of clear and
enforceable rules to govern world commerce. This is the path to
prosperity, growth and high employment.
And that is why my top trade priority for this year is an
ambitious multilateral agreement. We must conclude the Uruguay
Round of global trade talks by December.
2
Unfortunately, world trade has outgrown the rules of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, that served so
well for four decades. The United States and almost 100 other
nations representing more than 85 percent of the world's trade
agree, and are working with us to revise and improve GATT rules.
This is what we are striving to achieve:
*** First, we seek to reform agricultural trade, a market
inadequately covered by GATT rules, and badly distorted by
subsidies that cost farmers and consumers alike hundreds of
billions of dollars. There cannot be a successful conclusion to
the Uruguay Round without fundamental agricultural reform.
create
*** Second, we challenge our trading partners to envision- a
world of tariffs
sharply reduced
*** Third, the United States wants to curb hundreds of
billions of dollars of trade-distorting subsidies. We believe
that entrepreneurs should compete on the basis of price and
quality, not by government's deep pockets.
*** Fourth, we want to ensure that the rules we have, and
those that we are negotiating, apply to developing countries no
longer at the margin of the trading system.
*** Fifth, we want to develop fair rules for new areas:
services, investment and intellectual property not covered under
current GATT rules.
*** Sixth and last, we want to create swift and effective
means to resolve trade disputes.
3
All told, we are striving to incorporate roughly one
trillion dollars worth of goods and services -- a third of world
trade that is not sufficiently covered by rules of fair play.
In our efforts, we will, of course, work closely with our
friends in Congress and the business community. But time is
short, our task is great. I call on our trading partners to move
these negotiations forward at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development meeting this month, and at the end of
X
Houston Economic Summit in Jearly July.
This round of the GATT is an ambitious undertaking -- the
last, best chance for the world to enter the next century with
free and fair trade for all. So let me be blunt: To The United
States no agreement is better than a bad agreement.
Even as we are driving at full-speed to complete the Round,
the United States is also making progress in market-opening
negotiations with Japan; in keeping the flow of goods and
services open with Canada and Mexico; in starting a dialogue with
the dynamic states of the Pacific Rim; and in ensuring that
serig 6 market
America will have access to Europe after the historic under of
1992.
We are also negotiating trade and investment agreements with
X
democratic
the reform governments of Eastern Europe and Latin America. They
stand to reap enormous gains from integration into the global
trading system; but the United States will also gain from their
long pent-up industry and imagination. Our objective is to
anchor these countries in the ideal of freedom -- economic, as
4
well as political freedom. So we are striving for free trade,
not just because it is good for America, but because it is good
for all mankind.
through the old state command economic
As the winds of change sweep out old barriers and liberalize
Mixed
metaphol
markets from Managua to Warsaw, we must be prepared to take
advantage of this historic opportunity, to compete and win. That
is why today I directed the Economic Policy Council to undertake
a Commercial Opportunities Initiative to encourage American
business to be more competitive.
The EPC will implement this initiative through the Trade
Promotion Coordinating Committee, or TPCC, to be chaired by the
Secretary of Commerce. This committee will, for the first time,
bring all the resources of the federal government to bear to
serve American exporting businesses.
I am also directing the committee to promote U.S. businesses
in new or neglected markets by leading Presidential Trade
Missions, missions to be headed by the Department of Commerce.
The EPC will report to me with a strategy for implementing this
Commercial Opportunities Initiative by September 30.\\ 30.
Now, for the matter at hand.
At the height of the Second World War, "E" awards were
presented to war plants in recognition of excellence in
production. In a time of peace, we use the "E" symbol to
celebrate excellence in American exports. And as it turns out,
this is a very appropriate time for us to confer these awards.
5
You see, this week the Commerce Department and its
International Trade Administration is joining with state and
local governments, international trade groups and universities to
celebrate World Trade Week. And this week, we really have
something to celebrate -- last Wednesday's announcement that U.S.
exports in March hit $33.3 billion -- a record high.
This is yet another sign that America is a resurgent power
in world trade. And America exporting strength is no accident.
It is a result of the leadership of the American worker, the
American entrepreneur and an outstanding Secretary of Commerce,
Bob Mosbacher.
And so it is my pleasure to join Bob in presenting this
prestigious award for exporting excellence to eleven outstanding
companies:
First: The Aerotech World Trade Corporation of White
Plains, New York.
The American Bureau of Collections of Buffalo, New
York.
The American Hardware Manufacturers Association, of
Schaumburg, Illinois. III
Applied Communications, Inc., of Omaha.
Bruce Foods Corporation of New Iberia, Louisiana. Now,
let me say something about Bruce Foods and their claim to fame.
You see, they have a contract to build more than forty Cajun and
Mexican restaurants in the Soviet Union. ((So imagine that,
tacos in Tashkent and crawdaddies in Kiev. ) )
6
Commerce Bank of Kansas City. 111
The Jacobsen Division of Textron, Racine, Wisconsin. III
*** The Midamar Corporation of Cedar Rapids. 111
*** The Mid-South Exporter's Roundtable of Memphis. 111
*** Proler International Corporation of Houston. 111
And last: Valmont Industries of Valley, Nebraska. 111
You've all started the 1990s off in a winning spirit. And
you've done something more than just represent your firms --
you've represented American drive and creativity to the world.
For that you have my gratitude and my congratulations.
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United
States of America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 21, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
STEPHEN G. RADEMAKER
SR
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks -- E Awards
Pursuant to Jim Cicconi's request, Counsel's Office has reviewed
the above-referenced matter. As a general matter, we believe
that the President should not endorse commercial firms, ventures,
or products. Such endorsements are less objectionable, however,
when they are the result of an impartial, merit-based selection
process. We understand from the Office of Cabinet Affairs (Doug
Adair) that the winners of the E Award were selected through such
a process. Accordingly, and subject to this understanding of the
selection process, we have no objection to the draft remarks.
CC: James W. Cicconi
60 : Pd 12 MAY 06
Dul by 12:00 you
MEMORANDUM
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
May 21, 1990
TO:
MICHAEL BOSKIN
FROM:
NAOMI SMITH NS
SUBJECT: Comments on the President's "E" Awards Speech
There are no problems with the figures quoted or content,
except for the following:
(The relevant sections of text are marked.)
Page 1, 3d paragraph, beginning "Before I get " it should
say the protectionism leads to "higher unemployment"
not "highest unemployment."
Page 3, last paragraph. We are not actively negotiating any
such treaties/agreements with Latin America. We are
about to begin such talks with Mexico soon, and several
proposals are still being considered within the
Administration regarding Andean countries, but nothing
has been publicly disclosed. Should the President
mention "Latin America" or just say "Mexico"?
Uclean, Kandy Boardin
Document No. 142233
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5/18/90
5/21/90 NOON
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: E AWARDS
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
BOSKIN
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, Monday, May 21, with a copy to my
office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
It : Id 12 06
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Title: Eaward
May 15, 1990
1930 MAY 18 PM 3. 39
Draft: Four
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: E AWARDS, THE ROSE GARDEN
Wednesday, May 23, 1990, 2:00 P.M.
( (Acknowledgements -- Ambassador Hills and Secretary
Mosbacher. ))
But it's especially great to have Carla and Bob here. For
American business, confronting protectionist barriers is like
having a door shut rudely in your face. And more and more,
American business is looking to Carla to open the door, and Bob
to guide them to it.
But, in the end, it is up to American business to step
through the opening, to enter foreign markets. And so that's why
I am here today, to present the "E" awards honoring American
firms that have been such outstanding competitors abroad. ((And
later on, I'll let you in on what the "E" stands for; but first,
a hint -- it doesn't stand for Elvis. ) )
Before I get to the awards, let me talk trade. I believe
the protectionist path leads to closed markets, lower living
standards and highest unemployment. So our direction is toward
open markets, expanding trade and negotiating a set of clear and
enforceable rules to govern world commerce. This is the path to
prosperity, growth and high employment.
And that is why my top trade priority for this year is an
ambitious multilateral agreement. We must conclude the Uruguay
Round of global trade talks by December.
2
Unfortunately, world trade has outgrown the rules of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, that served so
well for four decades. The United States and almost 100 other
nations representing more than 85 percent of the world's trade
agree, and are working with us to revise and improve GATT rules.
This is what we are striving to achieve:
*** First, we seek to reform agricultural trade, a market
inadequately covered by GATT rules, and badly distorted by
subsidies that cost farmers and consumers alike hundreds of
billions of dollars. There cannot be a successful conclusion to
the Uruguay Round without fundamental agricultural reform.
*** Second, we challenge our trading partners to envision a
world free of tariffs.
*** Third, the United States wants to curb hundreds of
billions of dollars of trade-distorting subsidies. We believe
that entrepreneurs should compete on the basis of price and
quality, not by government's deep pockets.
*** Fourth, we want to ensure that the rules we have, and
those that we are negotiating, apply to developing countries no
longer at the margin of the trading system.
*** Fifth, we want to develop fair rules for new areas:
services, investment and intellectual property not covered under
current GATT rules.
*** Sixth and last, we want to create swift and effective
means to resolve trade disputes.
3
All told, we are striving to incorporate roughly one
trillion dollars worth of goods and services -- a third of world
trade that is not sufficiently covered by rules of fair play.
In our efforts, we will, of course, work closely with our
friends in Congress and the business community. But time is
short, our task is great. I call on our trading partners to move
these negotiations forward at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development meeting this month, and at the end of
the Economic Summit in July.
This round of the GATT is an ambitious undertaking -- the
last, best chance for the world to enter the next century with
free and fair trade for all. So let me be blunt: To The United
States no agreement is better than a bad agreement. III
Even as we are driving at full-speed to complete the Round,
the United States is also making progress in market-opening
negotiations with Japan; in keeping the flow of goods and
services open with Canada and Mexico; in starting a dialogue with
the dynamic states of the Pacific Rim; and in ensuring that
America will have access to Europe after the historic union of
1992.
We are also negotiating trade and investment agreements with
the reform governments of Eastern Europe and Latin America. They
stand to reap enormous gains from integration into the global
trading system; but the United States will also gain from their
long pent-up industry and imagination. Our objective is to
anchor these countries in the ideal of freedom -- economic, as
4
well as political freedom. So we are striving for free trade,
not just because it is good for America, but because it is good
for all mankind.
As the winds of change sweep out old barriers and liberalize
markets from Managua to Warsaw, we must be prepared to take
advantage of this historic opportunity, to compete and win. That
is why today I directed the Economic Policy Council to undertake
a Commercial Opportunities Initiative to encourage American
business to be more competitive.
The EPC will implement this initiative through the Trade
Promotion Coordinating Committee, or TPCC, to be chaired by the
Secretary of Commerce. This committee will, for the first time,
bring all the resources of the federal government to bear to
serve American exporting businesses.
I am also directing the committee to promote U.S. businesses
in new or neglected markets by leading Presidential Trade
Missions, missions to be headed by the Department of Commerce.
The EPC will report to me with a strategy for implementing this
Commercial Opportunities Initiative by September 30.\\
Now, for the matter at hand.
At the height of the Second World War, "E" awards were
presented to war plants in recognition of excellence in
production. In a time of peace, we use the "E" symbol to
celebrate excellence in American exports. And as it turns out,
this is a very appropriate time for us to confer these awards.
5
You see, this week the Commerce Department and its
International Trade Administration is joining with state and
local governments, international trade groups and universities to
celebrate World Trade Week. And this week, we really have
something to celebrate -- last Wednesday's announcement that U.S.
exports in March hit $33.3 billion -- a record high.
This is yet another sign that America is a resurgent power
in world trade. And America exporting strength is no accident.
It is a result of the leadership of the American worker, the
American entrepreneur and an outstanding Secretary of Commerce,
Bob Mosbacher. \\
And so it is my pleasure to join Bob in presenting this
prestigious award for exporting excellence to eleven outstanding
companies:
First: The Aerotech World Trade Corporation of White
Plains, New York.
*** The American Bureau of Collections of Buffalo, New
York
*** The American Hardware Manufacturers Association, of
Schaumburg, Illinois.
*** Applied Communications, Inc., of Omaha. III
*** Bruce Foods Corporation of New Iberia, Louisiana. Now,
let me say something about Bruce Foods and their claim to fame.
You see, they have a contract to build more than forty Cajun and
Mexican restaurants in the Soviet Union. ( (So imagine that,
tacos in Tashkent and crawdaddies in Kiev. ) )
6
*** Commerce Bank of Kansas City. III
*** The Jacobsen Division of Textron, Racine, Wisconsin. III
*** The Midamar Corporation of Cedar Rapids. III
*** The Mid-South Exporter's Roundtable of Memphis. III
*** Proler International Corporation of Houston. III
And last: Valmont Industries of Valley, Nebraska. III
You've all started the 1990s off in a winning spirit. And
you've done something more than just represent your firms --
you've represented American drive and creativity to the world.
For that you have my gratitude and my congratulations.
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United
States of America.
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5/18/90
5/21/90 NOON
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: E AWARDS
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BOSKIN
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, Monday, May 21, with a copy to my
office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
No Comments.
Sp: old May want to consider in briefly
discussing China/MFN
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
This speech. 5/21/90
Ext. 2702
Document No. 14223355
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5/18/90
5/21/90 NOON
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: E AWARDS
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BOSKIN
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, Monday, May 21, with a copy to my
office. Thank you.
RESPONSE: Comments, p.5
E0 : 212 12 AMY 06
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Title: Eaward
May 15, 1990
1990 MAY 18 PM 3. 39
Draft: Four
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: E AWARDS, THE ROSE GARDEN
Wednesday, May 23, 1990, 2:00 P.M.
( (Acknowledgements -- Ambassador Hills and Secretary
Mosbacher. ))
But it's especially great to have Carla and Bob here. For
American business, confronting protectionist barriers is like
having a door shut rudely in your face. And more and more,
American business is looking to Carla to open the door, and Bob
to guide them to it.
But, in the end, it is up to American business to step
through the opening, to enter foreign markets. And so that's why
I am here today, to present the "E" awards honoring American
firms that have been such outstanding competitors abroad. ((And
later on, I'll let you in on what the "E" stands for; but first,
a hint -- it doesn't stand for Elvis. ) )
Before I get to the awards, let me talk trade. I believe
the protectionist path leads to closed markets, lower living
standards and highest unemployment. So our direction is toward
open markets, expanding trade and negotiating a set of clear and
enforceable rules to govern world commerce. This is the path to
prosperity, growth and high employment.
And that is why my top trade priority for this year is an
ambitious multilateral agreement. We must conclude the Uruguay
Round of global trade talks by December.
2
Unfortunately, world trade has outgrown the rules of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, that served so
well for four decades. The United States and almost 100 other
nations representing more than 85 percent of the world's trade
agree, and are working with us to revise and improve GATT rules.
This is what we are striving to achieve:
*** First, we seek to reform agricultural trade, a market
inadequately covered by GATT rules, and badly distorted by
subsidies that cost farmers and consumers alike hundreds of
billions of dollars. There cannot be a successful conclusion to
the Uruguay Round without fundamental agricultural reform.
*** Second, we challenge our trading partners to envision a
world free of tariffs.
*** Third, the United States wants to curb hundreds of
billions of dollars of trade-distorting subsidies. We believe
that entrepreneurs should compete on the basis of price and
quality, not by government's deep pockets.
*** Fourth, we want to ensure that the rules we have, and
those that we are negotiating, apply to developing countries no
longer at the margin of the trading system.
*** Fifth, we want to develop fair rules for new areas:
services, investment and intellectual property not covered under
current GATT rules.
*** Sixth and last, we want to create swift and effective
means to resolve trade disputes.
3
All told, we are striving to incorporate roughly one
trillion dollars worth of goods and services -- a third of world
trade that is not sufficiently covered by rules of fair play.
In our efforts, we will, of course, work closely with our
friends in Congress and the business community. But time is
short, our task is great. I call on our trading partners to move
these negotiations forward at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development meeting this month, and at the end of
the Economic Summit in July.
This round of the GATT is an ambitious undertaking -- the
last, best chance for the world to enter the next century with
free and fair trade for all. So let me be blunt: To The United
States no agreement is better than a bad agreement.
Even as we are driving at full-speed to complete the Round,
the United States is also making progress in market-opening
negotiations with Japan; in keeping the flow of goods and
services open with Canada and Mexico; in starting a dialogue with
the dynamic states of the Pacific Rim; and in ensuring that
America will have access to Europe after the historic union of
1992.
We are also negotiating trade and investment agreements with
the reform governments of Eastern Europe and Latin America. They
stand to reap enormous gains from integration into the global
trading system; but the United States will also gain from their
long pent-up industry and imagination. Our objective is to
anchor these countries in the ideal of freedom -- economic, as
4
well as political freedom. So we are striving for free trade,
not just because it is good for America, but because it is good
for all mankind.
As the winds of change sweep out old barriers and liberalize
markets from Managua to Warsaw, we must be prepared to take
advantage of this historic opportunity, to compete and win. That
is why today I directed the Economic Policy Council to undertake
a Commercial Opportunities Initiative to encourage American
business to be more competitive.
The EPC will implement this initiative through the Trade
Promotion Coordinating Committee, or TPCC, to be chaired by the
Secretary of Commerce. This committee will, for the first time,
bring all the resources of the federal government to bear to
serve American exporting businesses.
I am also directing the committee to promote U.S. businesses
in new or neglected markets by leading Presidential Trade
Missions, missions to be headed by the Department of Commerce.
The EPC will report to me with a strategy for implementing this
Commercial Opportunities Initiative by September 30.
Now, for the matter at hand.
At the height of the Second World War, "E" awards were
presented to war plants in recognition of excellence in
production. In a time of peace, we use the "E" symbol to
celebrate excellence in American exports. And as it turns out,
this is a very appropriate time for us to confer these awards.
5
You see, this week the Commerce Department and its
International Trade Administration is joining with state and
local governments, international trade groups and universities to
celebrate World Trade Week. And this week, we really have
se-somes
something to celebrate -- last Wednesday's Thursday announcement that U.S.
x5873
exports in March hit $33.3 billion -- a record high.
This is yet another sign that America is a resurgent power
in world trade. And America exporting strength is no accident.
It is a result of the leadership of the American worker, the
American entrepreneur and an outstanding Secretary of Commerce,
Bob Mosbacher.
And so it is my pleasure to join Bob in presenting this
prestigious award for exporting excellence to eleven outstanding
companies:
First: The Aerotech World Trade Corporation of White
Plains, New York. \\\
*** The American Bureau of Collections of Buffalo, New
York. \\\
*** The American Hardware Manufacturers Association, of
Schaumburg, Illinois. \\\
*** Applied Communications, Inc., of Omaha. \\\
*** Bruce Foods Corporation of New Iberia, Louisiana. Now,
let me say something about Bruce Foods and their claim to fame.
You see, they have a contract to build more than forty Cajun and
Mexican restaurants in the Soviet Union. ( (So imagine that,
tacos in Tashkent and crawdaddies in Kiev. ))\\\
6
*** Commerce Bank of Kansas City. III
*** The Jacobsen Division of Textron, Racine, Wisconsin. III
*** The Midamar Corporation of Cedar Rapids. III
*** The Mid-South Exporter's Roundtable of Memphis. III
*** Proler International Corporation of Houston. III
And last: Valmont Industries of Valley, Nebraska. III
You've all started the 1990s off in a winning spirit. And
you've done something more than just represent your firms --
you've represented American drive and creativity to the world.
For that you have my gratitude and my congratulations.
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United
States of America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 21, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: E Awards
I have reviewed the draft remarks and recommend the
changes indicated in the attachment.
Please let me know if you have questions or I can be
helpful in any way.
Attachment
90 MAY 21 P12: 02
Davis/Martin
Title: Eaward
May 15, 1990
1930 MAY 18 PM 3.39
Draft: Four
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: E AWARDS, THE ROSE GARDEN
Wednesday, May 23, 1990, 2:00 P.M.
(Acknowledgements -- Ambassador Hills and Secretary
Mosbacher. ))
But it's especially great to have Carla and Bob here. For
American business, confronting protectionist barriers is like
having a door shut rudely in your face. And more and more,
American business is looking to Carla to open the door, and Bob
to help guide them through to it.
But, in the end, it is up to American business to step
through the opening, to enter foreign markets. And so that's why
I am here today, to present the "E" awards honoring American
firms that have been such outstanding competitors abroad. ((And
later on, I'll let you in on what the "E" stands for; but first,
a hint -- it doesn't stand for Elvis. ))\\\
Before I get to the awards, let me talk trade. I believe
the protectionist path leads to closed markets, lower living
standards and highest] unemployment. So our direction is toward
open markets, expanding trade and negotiating a set of clear and
trade.
enforceable rules to govern world commerce. This is the path to
prosperity, growth and high employment.
And that is why my top trade priority for this year is an
ambitious multilateral agreement. We must conclude the Uruguay
Round of global trade talks by December.
2
Unfortunately, world trade has outgrown the rules of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, that served so
well for four decades. The United States and almost 100 other
nations representing more than 85 percent of the world's trade
agree,
and are working with us to revise and improve GATT rules.
This is what we are striving to achieve:
*** First, we seek to reform agricultural trade, a market
inadequately covered by GATT rules, and badly distorted by
and trode Gamera
subsidies that cost farmers and consumers alike hundreds of
billions of dollars. There singly cannot be a successful conclusion to
the Uruguay Round without fundamental agricultural reform.
we want to expend mandet accesso).
*** Second, We challenge our trading partners to envision a
world free of tariffs.
*** Third, the United States wants to curb hundreds of
billions of dollars of trade-distorting subsidies. We believe
that entrepreneurs should compete on the basis of price and
(on The basis of their
quality, not by government's deep pockets.
Fourth, we want to ensure that the rules we have, and
so that these combines are
those that we are negotiating, apply to developing countries no
longer at the margin of the trading system.
*** Fifth, we want to develop fair rules for new areas.
services, investment and intellectual property not covered under
current GATT rules.
*** Sixth and last, we want to create swift and effective
means to resolve trade disputes.
(mang of whom D
3
All told, we are striving to incorporate roughly one
trillion dollars worth of goods and services a third of world
trade that is not sufficiently covered by rules of fair play.
In our efforts, we will, of course, work closely with our
friends in Congress and the business community
But time is
short, our task is great. I call on our trading partners to move
these negotiations forward at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development meeting this month, and at
of
the Economic Summit in July.
This round of the GATT is an ambitious undertaking -- the
last, best chance for the world to enter the next century with
free and fair trade for all. So let me be blunt: To The United
States no agreement is better than a bad agreement.
Even as we are driving at full-speed to complete the Round,
the United States is also making progress in market-opening
negotiations with Japan; in keeping the flow of goods and
services open with Canada and Mexico; in starting a dialogue with
the dynamic states of the Pacific Rim; and in ensuring that
America will have access to Europe after the historic union of
1992.
We are also negotiating trade and investment agreements with
the reform governments of Eastern Europe and Latin America. They
the Uniquey Ronal and other sters to to integrate
stand to reap enormous gains from integration into the global
trading system; but the United States will also gain from their
long pent-up industry and imagination. Our objective is to
anchor these countries in the ideal of freedom -- economic, as
their economics
4
well as political freedom. So we are striving for free trade,
not just because it is good for America, but because it is good
for all mankind.
As the winds of change sweep out old barriers and liberalize
markets from Managua to Warsaw, we must be prepared to take
advantage of this historic opportunity, to compete and win. That
is why today I directed the Economic Policy Council to undertake
a Commercial Opportunities Initiative to encourage American
business to be more competitive.
The EPC will implement this initiative through the Trade
Promotion Coordinating Committee, or TPCC, to be chaired by the
Secretary of Commerce. This committee will, for the first time,
harness
bring all the resources of the federal government to
^
serve American exporting businesses.
I am also directing the committee to promote U.S. businesses
in new or neglected markets by leading Presidential Trade
Missions, missions to be headed by the Department of Commerce.
no date
decision
The EPC will report to me with a strategy for implementing this
in
memo
Commercial Opportunities Initiative by September 30
E
awards.
Now, for the matter at hand.
At the height of the Second World War, "E" awards were
presented to war plants in recognition of excellence in
production. In a time of peace, we use the "E" symbol to
celebrate excellence in American exports. And as it turns out,
this is a very appropriate time for us to confer these awards.
5
You see, this week the Commerce Department
[and its
International Trade Administration is joining with state and
local governments, international trade groups and universities to
celebrate World Trade Week. And this week, we really have
something to celebrate -- last Wednesday's announcement that U.S.
exports in March hit $33.3 billion -- a record high.
This is yet another sign that America is a resurgent power
in world trade. And America exporting strength is no accident.
It is a result of the leadership of the American worker, the
the american farmer.
American entrepreneur and an outstanding Secretary of Commerce
Bob Mosbacher
And so it is my pleasure to join Bob in presenting this
prestigious award for exporting excellence to eleven outstanding
companies:
First: The Aerotech World Trade Corporation of White
Plains, New York. III
*** The American Bureau of Collections of Buffalo, New
York.
*** The American Hardware Manufacturers Association, of
Schaumburg, Illinois. III
*** Applied Communications, Inc., of Omaha. III
*** Bruce Foods Corporation of New Iberia, Louisiana. Now,
let me say something about Bruce Foods and their claim to fame.
You see, they have a contract to build more than forty Cajun and
Mexican restaurants in the Soviet Union. ((So imagine that,
tacos in Tashkent and crawdaddies in Kiev. ) )
6
*** Commerce Bank of Kansas City. III
*** The Jacobsen Division of Textron, Racine, Wisconsin. III
*** The Midamar Corporation of Cedar Rapids. III
*** The Mid-South Exporter's Roundtable of Memphis. III
*** Proler International Corporation of Houston. III
And last: Valmont Industries of Valley, Nebraska. III
You've all started the 1990s off in a winning spirit. And
you've done something more than just represent your firms --
you've represented American drive and creativity to the world.
For that you have my gratitude and my congratulations.
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United
States of America.
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING 90 MEMORANDUM
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x2930, no later than NOON, Monday, May 21, with a copy to my
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for Siy Rogret
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and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
3
Davis/Martin
Title: Eaward
May 15, 1990
1990 MAY 18 PM 3. 39
Draft: Four
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: E AWARDS, THE ROSE GARDEN
Wednesday, May 23, 1990, 2:00 P.M.
( (Acknowledgements -- Ambassador Hills and Secretary
Mosbacher. ))
But it's especially great to have Carla and Bob here. For
American business, confronting protectionist barriers is like
having a door shut rudely in your face. And more and more,
American business is looking to Carla to open the door, and Bob
to guide them to it.
But, in the end, it is up to American business to step
through the opening, to enter foreign markets. And so that's why
I am here today, to present the "E" awards honoring American
firms that have been such outstanding competitors abroad. ( (And
later on, I'll let you in on what the "E" stands for; but first,
a hint -- it doesn't stand for Elvis. ))\\\
Before I get to the awards, let me talk trade. I believe
the protectionist path leads to closed markets, lower living
standards and highest unemployment. So our direction is toward
open markets, expanding trade and negotiating a set of clear and
enforceable rules to govern world commerce. This is the path to
prosperity, growth and high employment.
And that is why my top trade priority for this year is an
ambitious multilateral agreement. We must conclude the Uruguay
Round of global trade talks by December.
2
Unfortunately, world trade has outgrown the rules of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, that served so
well for four decades. The United States and almost 100 other
nations representing more than 85 percent of the world's trade
agree, and are working with us to revise and improve GATT rules.
This is what we are striving to achieve:
*** First, we seek to reform agricultural trade, a market
inadequately covered by GATT rules, and badly distorted by
subsidies that cost farmers and consumers alike hundreds of
billions of dollars. There cannot be a successful conclusion to
the Uruguay Round without fundamental agricultural reform.
*** Second, we challenge our trading partners to envision a
world free of tariffs.
*** Third, the United States wants to curb hundreds of
billions of dollars of trade-distorting subsidies. We believe
that entrepreneurs should compete on the basis of price and
quality, not by government's deep pockets.
*** Fourth, we want to ensure that the rules we have, and
those that we are negotiating, apply to developing countries no
longer at the margin of the trading system.
*** Fifth, we want to develop fair rules for new areas:
services, investment and intellectual property not covered under
current GATT rules.
*** Sixth and last, we want to create swift and effective
means to resolve trade disputes.
3
All told, we are striving to incorporate roughly one
trillion dollars worth of goods and services -- a third of world
trade that is not sufficiently covered by rules of fair play.
In our efforts, we will, of course, work closely with our
friends in Congress and the business community. But time is
short, our task is great. I call on our trading partners to move
these negotiations forward at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development meeting this month, and at the end of
the Economic Summit in July.
This round of the GATT is an ambitious undertaking -- the
last, best chance for the world to enter the next century with
free and fair trade for all. So let me be blunt: To The United
States no agreement is better than a bad agreement.
Even as we are driving at full-speed to complete the Round,
the United States is also making progress in market-opening
negotiations with Japan; in keeping the flow of goods and
services open with Canada and Mexico; in starting a dialogue with
the dynamic states of the Pacific Rim; and in ensuring that
America will have access to Europe after the historic union of
1992.
We are also negotiating trade and investment agreements with
the reform governments of Eastern Europe and Latin America. They
stand to reap enormous gains from integration into the global
trading system; but the United States will also gain from their
long pent-up industry and imagination. Our objective is to
anchor these countries in the ideal of freedom -- economic, as
4
well as political freedom. So we are striving for free trade,
not just because it is good for America, but because it is good
for all mankind.
As the winds of change sweep out old barriers and liberalize
markets from Managua to Warsaw, we must be prepared to take
advantage of this historic opportunity, to compete and win. That
is why today I directed the Economic Policy Council to undertake
a Commercial Opportunities Initiative to encourage American
business to be more competitive.
The EPC will implement this initiative through the Trade
Promotion Coordinating Committee, or TPCC, to be chaired by the
Secretary of Commerce. This committee will, for the first time,
bring all the resources of the federal government to bear to
serve American exporting businesses.
I am also directing the committee to promote U.S. businesses
in new or neglected markets by leading Presidential Trade
Missions, missions to be headed by the Department of Commerce.
The EPC will report to me with a strategy for implementing this
Commercial Opportunities Initiative by September 30.\\
Now, for the matter at hand.
At the height of the Second World War, "E" awards were
presented to war plants in recognition of excellence in
production. In a time of peace, we use the "E" symbol to
celebrate excellence in American exports. And as it turns out,
this is a very appropriate time for us to confer these awards.
5
You see, this week the Commerce Department and its
International Trade Administration is joining with state and
local governments, international trade groups and universities to
celebrate World Trade Week. And this week, we really have
something to celebrate -- last Wednesday's announcement that U.S.
exports in March hit $33.3 billion -- a record high.
This is yet another sign that America is a resurgent power
in world trade. And America exporting strength is no accident.
It is a result of the leadership of the American worker, the
American entrepreneur and an outstanding Secretary of Commerce,
Bob Mosbacher.
And SO it is my pleasure to join Bob in presenting this
prestigious award for exporting excellence to eleven outstanding
companies:
First: The Aerotech World Trade Corporation of White
Plains, New York.
*** The American Bureau of Collections of Buffalo, New
York. \\\
*** The American Hardware Manufacturers Association, of
Schaumburg, Illinois. III
*** Applied Communications, Inc. , of Omaha.
*** Bruce Foods Corporation of New Iberia, Louisiana. Now,
let me say something about Bruce Foods and their claim to fame.
You see, they have a contract to build more than forty Cajun and
Mexican restaurants in the Soviet Union. ( (So imagine that,
tacos in Tashkent and crawdaddies in Kiev. ))\\\
6
*** Commerce Bank of Kansas City.\\\
*** The Jacobsen Division of Textron, Racine, Wisconsin. III
*** The Midamar Corporation of Cedar Rapids. III
*** The Mid-South Exporter's Roundtable of Memphis. III
*** Proler International Corporation of Houston. III
And last: Valmont Industries of Valley, Nebraska. III
You've all started the 1990s off in a winning spirit. And
you've done something more than just represent your firms --
you've represented American drive and creativity to the world.
For that you have my gratitude and my congratulations.
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United
States of America.
#
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Davis/Martin
Title: Eaward
May 15, 1990
Draft: Four
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: E AWARDS, THE ROSE GARDEN
Wednesday, May 23, 1990, ((Time))
2:00
( (Acknowledgements -- Ambassador Hills and Secretary
Mosbacher. ))
But it's especially great to have Carla and Bob here. For
American business, confronting protectionist barriers is like
having a door shut rudely in your face. And more and more,
American business is looking to Carla to open the door, and Bob
to guide them to it.
But, in the end, it is up to American business to step
through the opening, to enter foreign markets. And so that's why
I am here today, to present the "E" awards honoring American
firms that have been such outstanding competitors abroad. ( (And
later on, I'll let you in on what the "E" stands for; but first,
a hint -- it doesn't stand for Elvis. ) )
Before I get to the awards, let me talk trade. I believe
the protectionist path leads to closed markets, lower living
standards and highest unemployment. So our direction is toward
open markets, expanding trade and negotiating a set of clear and
enforceable rules to govern world commerce. This is the path to
prosperity, growth and high employment.
And that is why my top trade priority for this year is an
ambitious multilateral agreement. We must conclude the Uruguay
Round of global trade talks by December.
2
Unfortunately, world trade has outgrown the rules of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, that served so
well for four decades. The United States and almost 100 other
nations representing more than 85 percent of the world's trade
agree, and are working with us to revise and improve GATT rules.
This is what we are striving to achieve:
*** First, we seek to reform agricultural trade, a market
inadequately covered by GATT rules, and badly distorted by
subsidies that cost farmers and consumers alike hundreds of
billions of dollars. There cannot be a successful conclusion to
the Uruguay Round without fundamental agricultural reform.
*** Second, we challenge our trading partners to envision a
world free of tariffs.
*** Third, the United States wants to curb hundreds of
billions of dollars of trade-distorting subsidies. We believe
that entrepreneurs should compete on the basis of price and
quality, not by government's deep pockets.
*** Fourth, we want to ensure that the rules we have, and
those that we are negotiating, apply to developing countries no
longer at the margin of the trading system.
*** Fifth, we want to develop fair rules for new areas:
services, investment and intellectual property not covered under
current GATT rules.
*** Sixth and last, we want to create swift and effective
means to resolve trade disputes.
3
All told, we are striving to incorporate roughly one
trillion dollars worth of goods and services -- a third of world
trade that is not sufficiently covered by rules of fair play.
In our efforts, we will, of course, work closely with our
friends in Congress and the business community. But time is
short, our task is great. I call on our trading partners to move
these negotiations forward at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development meeting this month, and at the end of
the Economic Summit in July.
This round of the GATT is an ambitious undertaking -- the
last, best chance for the world to enter the next century with
free and fair trade for all. So let me be blunt: To The United
States no agreement is better than a bad agreement.
Even as we are driving at full-speed to complete the Round,
the United States is also making progress in market-opening
negotiations with Japan; in keeping the flow of goods and
services open with Canada and Mexico; in starting a dialogue with
the dynamic states of the Pacific Rim; and in ensuring that
America will have access to Europe after the historic union of
1992.
We are also negotiating trade and investment agreements with
the reform governments of Eastern Europe and Latin America. They
stand to reap enormous gains from integration into the global
trading system; but the United States will also gain from their
long pent-up industry and imagination. Our objective is to
anchor these countries in the ideal of freedom -- economic, as
4
well as political freedom. So we are striving for free trade,
not just because it is good for America, but because it is good
for all mankind.
As the winds of change sweep out old barriers and liberalize
markets from Managua to Warsaw, we must be prepared to take
advantage of this historic opportunity, to compete and win. That
is why today I directed the Economic Policy Council to undertake
a Commercial Opportunities Initiative to encourage American
business to be more competitive.
The EPC will implement this initiative through the Trade
Promotion Coordinating Committee, or TPCC, to be chaired by the
Secretary of Commerce. This committee will, for the first time,
bring all the resources of the federal government to bear to
serve American exporting businesses.
I am also directing the committee to promote U.S. businesses
in new or neglected markets by leading Presidential Trade
Missions, missions to be headed by the Department of Commerce.
The EPC will report to me with a. strategy for implementing this
Commercial Opportunities Initiative by September 30.\\
Now, for the matter at hand.
At the height of the Second World War, "E" awards were
presented to war plants in recognition of excellence in
production. In a time of peace, we use the "E" symbol to
celebrate excellence in American exports. And as it turns out,
this is a very appropriate time for us to confer these awards.
5
You see, this week the Commerce Department and its
International Trade Administration is joining with state and
local governments, international trade groups and universities to
celebrate World Trade Week. And this week, we really have
something to celebrate -- last Wednesday's announcement that U.S.
exports in March hit $33.3 billion -- a record high.
This is yet another sign that America is a resurgent power
in world trade. And America exporting strength is no accident.
It is a result of the leadership of the American worker, the
American entrepreneur and an outstanding Secretary of Commerce,
Bob Mosbacher. \\
And so it is my pleasure to join Bob in presenting this
prestigious award for exporting excellence to eleven outstanding
companies:
First: The Aerotech World Trade Corporation of White
Plains, New York.
*** The American Bureau of Collections of Buffalo, New
York.
*** The American Hardware Manufacturers Association, of
Schaumburg, Illinois.
*** Applied Communications, Inc., of Omaha.
*** Bruce Foods Corporation of New Iberia, Louisiana. Now,
let me say something about Bruce Foods and their claim to fame.
You see, they have a contract to build more than forty Cajun and
Mexican restaurants in the Soviet Union. ( (So imagine that,
tacos in Tashkent and crawdaddies in Kiev. ))\\\
6
*** Commerce Bank of Kansas City. III
*** The Jacobsen Division of Textron, Racine, Wisconsin. III
*** The Midamar Corporation of Cedar Rapids. III
*** The Mid-South Exporter's Roundtable of Memphis. III
*** Proler International Corporation of Houston. 111
And last: Valmont Industries of Valley, Nebraska. III
You've all started the 1990s off in a winning spirit. And
you've done something more than just represent your firms --
you've represented American drive and creativity to the world.
For that you have my gratitude and my congratulations.
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United
States of America.
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