United States Economic and Trade Policy in the Middle East

摘要

I can think of no other region in the world today that is as vital to U.S.interests,yet poses as many challenges for us,as the Middle East.As President Bush declared in his speech last May,"What happens in the Middle East greatly matters to America." Among those challenges,and the focus of my remarks today,is the growing thirst for opportunity that characterizes the Middle East,and the substantial efforts the United States is undertaking to respond to that demand.