Keeping America on the front lines of economic opportunity has been my first priority since I took office.

Commerce does tend to open more closed societies.

I believe that the business of politics is to give the maximum opportunity for the positive economic forces in the world to succeed.

These free and fair trade agreements will benefit Americans for a simple reason: Our Nation already has the most open markets on Earth.

I have authorized these actions in view of the danger posed to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States by the continuing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

We've got over 5 million new jobs in the last 22 months.

GATT will require all nations to finally do what we've already done, to cut tariffs and other barriers and open up trade to our products and our services.

This strategy must include breaking down trade barriers, opening markets, and increasing our exports.

GATT is the largest and most advantageous trade agreement in our history.

I do not believe we can afford to go back to the days of exploding deficits.

I will do all in my power to keep anyone from jeopardizing this economic recovery.

It would be a great setback for the United States if the Uruguay Round were not approved in this short period.

Let me say that just this year, our exports to Mexico since we adopted NAFTA are up by 18 or 19 percent, 3 times the overall growth in our trade.

We've got over 5 million new jobs in 21 months.

We can't walk away from it. It's killing the budget.

We've got more jobs, we've got a lower deficit.

It is indispensable to the way in which we and, just as important, the rest of the world sees the economy being organized into the 21st century.

All the jobs created last month, 100 percent of them, were in the private sector, not in government.