Richard Nixon: “New markets abroad create new jobs at home; new avenues of world trade run parallel to new roads to world peace.”

This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.

This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

It is essential that we move ahead to revitalize the global trading system through multilateral negotiations.

I take this occasion once again to urge prompt and final action on the Trade Reform Act.