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    "ocrText": "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\nDigital Library Collections\nThis is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections.\nCollection: Correspondence, White House Office of:\nRecords, 1981-1989\nFolder Title: World Food Day\nBox: 76 (1984)\nTo see more digitized collections visit:\nhttps://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digitized-textual-material\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Inventories, visit:\nhttps://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/white-house-inventories\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/research-\nsupport/citation-guide\nNational Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/\nLast Updated: 05/2023\nDEPARTMENT THE OF THE UNITED\nOF\nSEAL\nSTATES\nWorld Trade Week, 1984\nBy the President of the United States of America\nA Proclamation\nAmerica can be proud of its record in international trade. From the earliest\ndays of the Republic, the Yankee trader was a familiar figure in all the great\ncities of the world. Merchants of every nation knew and respected these\ntraders for the energy and resourcefulness that have always been so charac-\nteristic of the American people. By the middle of the nineteenth century,\nclipper ships from the United States had become the graceful symbols of our\nnational determination to be first and best.\nIn each decade of our history, we have matched our trading strength with that\nof the strongest nations in the world. We have opened new markets, created\nnew industries, and pioneered new technologies. In a competitive environ-\nment, we have succeeded and flourished. We have built the prosperity of this\ncountry on our confidence and on our own strength, ingenuity, and creativity.\nToday, the United States is the greatest trading nation on Earth. We are the\nworld's largest economy, its biggest market, and its leading exporter. Ameri-\ncan brand-names are household words in every market, and everywhere the\nwords \"Made in U.S.A.\" are accepted as an assurance of the highest quality\nand service.\nThe strength of our exports has meant a great deal to America. To industry, it\nhas meant profits and added opportunities for growth. To labor, exports have\nmeant jobs-more than five million in 1983. To the American consumer, free\nand fair trade has meant better products in greater variety and at lower prices.\nThere is no question that world trade is fiercely competitive nowadays. Few\nindustries are unaffected by the pressure of foreign goods and services,\nwhether competing for sales at home or abroad. This is a continuing challenge\nfor us. Some would have the United States look to protectionist measures for\nthe answer to competition. As we learned in the 1930's, protectionism in one\ncountry only provokes retaliation and invites protectionism in others. Interna-\ntional tension grows, the flow of trade is diminished, and the world economy\ncontracts.\nFree and fair trade benefits all nations. For this reason, the United States is\ncommitted to policies promoting unrestricted trade and investment consistent\nwith our security interests. Internationally, we are working with our trading\npartners for new negotiations in support of freer world trade, greater competi-\ntion, and more open markets. At home, we have urged American business to\nchallenge foreign competition with aggressive selling, research and develop-\nment, improved management systems, and innovations. Above all, we must\nbuild on the surest foundation for this country's prosperity-our confidence in\nour own strength and abilities.\nNOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of\nAmerica, do hereby proclaim the week beginning May 20, 1984, as World\nTrade Week, and I invite the people of the United States to join in ceremonies\naffirming the importance of trade to America and recognizing the need for\nincreased export efforts.\nIN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of March,\nin the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-four, and of the Independ-\nence of the United States of America, the two hundred and eighth.\nRonald Reagon"
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