This action will help us reach our objective: open markets that will create better jobs and increase wages at home and abroad.

I have determined that it is appropriate to extend GSP benefits to Kyrgyzstan.

That's why we just passed the North American Free Trade Agreement.

You betcha, I want to sell more to Mexico and the rest of Latin America.

We need more customers around the world; that's why trade's so important.

We don't want an exclusive trading bloc, we want them to join us in a new world trading system.

I think our trade relationships alone indicate that the United States has not attempted to isolate China but instead has attempted to assist its movement into the global economy.

I also emphasized the need for progress on our trade imbalance.

I believe we are generally in agreement that we should attempt to use this forum to broaden trade and deepen understanding.

We want to build a free trading relationship that will support the growth of Asia and support jobs in our nations.

I believe that the only way a rich country can grow richer is to find more customers for its products and services.

We want very much to continue to buy from those Asian countries, and we want them to buy our products.

I called President Salinas, and I told him that the Vice President and Chief of Staff McLarty would be available to go to Mexico City when NAFTA is ratified by both nations.

NAFTA is the gateway to all of Latin America, to 700 million people.

I hope to discourage NAFTA opponents from using this issue against pro-NAFTA members, regardless of party, in the coming election.

Rejecting NAFTA would, quite simply, put us on the wrong side of history.

The rejection of NAFTA would set back our relationship with Mexico, and Latin America beyond, for years to come.

The case for NAFTA is strong, and in Bill Daley I have found the strongest possible advocate to make that case.