the streets of seoul that are imported from detroit and toledo and chicago. and that s progress. and i want to thank two key members of my cabinet who are today, labor secretary hilda solis is in the house. and u.s. trade representative ron kirk because they worked really hard to make this happen. now, one of the ways that we ve helped american business sell their products around the world is bill calling out our competitors making assure they re playing by the same rules. for example, we ve brought trade cases against china at nearly twice the rate as the last administration. we just brought a new case last month and we ve set up a trade enforcement unit that s designed to investigate any questionable trade practices taking place anywhere in the world.
since i took office, we ve brought trade cases against china at nearly twice the rate as the last ad men station and these actions are making a difference. for example, we halted an unfair surge in chinese tires which has helped put over 1,000 american workers back on the job. but we haven t stopped there. two weeks ago i created a trade enforcement unit to investigate any unfair trade actions taking place anywhere in the world. our competitors should be on notice. you will knot get away with skirting the rules. when we can we will rally support from our allies and when it makes sense to act on our even we will. i just signed a bill to help american companies that are facing unfair foreign competition. these companies employ tens of thousands of americans in nearly 40 states. because of subsidies from
the condolences to express for what happened in afghanistan where a soldier allegedly opened fire in the afghan village killing 16. the president expressing the fact they are heartbroken and the full force of the law will obviously be leveled against the person who allegedly committed that crime. but then the president going on to talk about what they are doing to try to bring china and its practices more into a level playing field for the global economy. zachary stayed with me to talk about this. we were talking about looking for the teeth in talking about this, the president talking about two weeks ago announcing the trade enforcement unit with this global crackdown, where are the teeth from today? this speech has no particular teeth. just a quick arkana of earth, this is the stuff going into cell phones as the president mentioned. the president has been withholding supply or china has been with holding because they need it for their supply chain.
cars all around the world. thanks to the bipartisan trade agreement i signed into law, with you in mind, working with you, there will soon be new cars in the streets of south korea imported from detroit and from toledo and from chicago. [ cheers and applause ] and today i talked about the state of the union, we are doing it today, i m creating a trade enforcement unit that will bring the full resources of the federal government to bear on investigations, and we are going to encounter any unfair trade pack tises around the world,
this someone of the biggest deals boeing had ever done. over the years it will help support thousands of american jobs, including jobs here. i tease jay every time i see him. i said i deserve a gold watch because i m selling your stuff all the time. i will go anywhere in the world to open up new markets for american products, and by the way, i will not standby when our competitors don t play by the rules. [ applause ] that s why i directed my administration to create a trade enforcement unit that has one job, investigating unfair trade practices in countries like china or places like europe. that s why it s so important for congress to reauthorize the