COMMERCE SECRETARY DON EVANS BRINGS MANUFACTURING
JOBS MESSAGE TO PITTSBURGH
Commerce Secretary Don Evans today spoke with a classroom of Carnegie
Mellon University graduate students specializing in the manufacturing
industry and emphasized President Bush’s commitment to creating
manufacturing jobs by leveling the playing field for American competition
in domestic and global markets. Evans brought his jobs message to
Pittsburgh one day after previewing the Administration’s pro-growth
manufacturing report in Detroit.
“The
President knows that competition leads to innovation and improves
productivity. He understands that greater productivity expands economic
growth and improves the standard of living and a better quality
of life for all. This is why the Bush Administration will not stand
for unfair competition. Americans are willing to compete, on even
terms, with any country in the world as long as it is fair,”
Evans told the students.
Evans
announced that a new Commerce Unfair Trade Practices Team, a new
Office of Industry Analysis, a new Assistant Secretary for Trade
Promotion and other initiatives will help grow jobs in Pittsburgh.
“This
administration will not rest until every American who is seeking
work finds a job. We know that Pittsburgh manufacturers have been
hit hard and we are committed towards turning that around,”
Evans said.
Evans
said that he will be visiting China to meet with government officials
this Fall because as he traveled across the country to hear the
concerns of manufacturers, no country raised more attention as a
source of concern than China. Concerns ranged from inadequate access
to China’s markets; rampant piracy of intellectual property
in China; forced transfer of technology from firms launching joint
ventures in China; trade barriers; and capital markets that are
largely insulated from free-market pressures,” Evans said.
“China
is one of the world’s largest markets with vast opportunities
for American manufacturers, provided that China’s markets
are actually governed by real, free, and fair market forces. This
Administration believes that free-market forces should set currency
values. And, two weeks ago, Treasury Secretary Snow conveyed exactly
that message to the Chinese government.”
The
Commerce Department expects to submit a full report containing additional
recommendations on how to grow manufacturing jobs to the President
later this year. Visit www.export.gov/manufacturing
for more information.