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"Free and fair trade helps secure a future of freedom and promise."

President George W. Bush
World Trade Week Proclomation
May 16, 2008

Site Updated: November 19, 2008

Facts Of The Day

October 18, 2007

Free trade agreements (FTAs) help our companies, farmers and manufacturers sell American goods and services to new markets around the world. The countries with which the United States has implemented FTAs represent just 7.5 percent of global GDP, yet more than 42 percent of all U.S. exports are headed to our FTA partners.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration; International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (April 2007)