Proc. 7310 Title 3--The President ing Law Administrators, as well as the U.S. Coast Guard, other Federal agencies, and State and local governments, are continuing to promote safety through education by emphasizing the importance of wearing life iackets and practicing boating and water safety. In recognition of the importance of safe boating practices, the Congress, by ioint resolution approved June 4, 1958 (36 U.S.C. 131), as amended, has au- thorized and requested the President to proclaim annually the 7-day period ending on the last Friday before Memorial Day as "National Safe Boating Week." NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 20 through May 26, 2000, as National Safe Boating Week. I encourage the governors of the 50 States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and officials of other areas subiect to the iurisdiction of the United States, to ioin in observing this occasion and to urge all Americans to use safe boating practices throughout the year. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-fourth. WILLIAM J. CLINTON Proclamation 7310 of May 19, 2000 World Trade Week, 2000 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The prosperity the United States enjoys today is due, in no small part, to our strong trading relationships with other nations. The World Trade Orga- nization, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and 270 other agree- ments have helped us to open new markets for U.S. products and services, create thousands of new jobs, and keep our economy growing without in- flation. The African Growth and Opportunity Act and the United States- Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act that I signed into law this week will build on this progress by lowering trade barriers and strengthening our eco- nomic partnership with nations in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean basin. The theme of World Trade Week this year, "Working the Web of Trade," reflects the particular importance of the Internet as a new and rapidly ac- celerating factor in world trade. The Internet holds enormous commercial potential and brings extraordinary opportunities directly into homes and workplaces across the United States and around the world. Linking busi- nesses and consumers more quickly and directly than ever before, the worldwide web is a powerful tool, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, that allows even the smallest company to conduct business on a global scale. My Administration has worked hard to encourage America's businesses and workers to embrace this worldwide web of opportunity and its poten- tial to enhance productivity at home and access to markets abroad. By in- 82
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