The White House | October 13, 1999
Today President Clinton will outline his agenda for the new round of World Trade Organization negotiations set to begin in Seattle, Washington on November 30th. The President will note that we have participated in eight such rounds over the past 50 yearsand that during that period the world has experienced the most rapid, sustained period of economic growth ever recorded. The President's agenda reflects his desire to make Seattle "a new type of round for a new century: a round that is about jobs and development." Working with the other nations of the WTO, the President wants the Seattle Round to be about expanding prosperity and improving the quality of life and work here at home and around the globe. This Round should ensure that the global trading system honors our values and meets our goals for the 21st Century ...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP COUNCIL GALA
October 13, 1999
From a press release
Source: The White House
Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington. D.C.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Let me say, first, it's good to be back ...
But tonight I ask you not to think about our differences with the Republicans, but to think about the one remaining issue on which we have not forged a consensus within our party. And that is how we're going to respond to globalizationto the global economy, the information age, and the whole nature of how we relate to other countries in terms of economics, the environment and trade ...
