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Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade

… of us remember the 1930's, when the most destructive trade bill in history, the Smoot-Hawley tariff act, helped plunge this nation and the world into a decade of depression and despair. From …

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Remarks on Signing the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988

… States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988. This agreement brings down the tariff walls between our two nations and, in so doing, creates the world's largest free-trade …

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Executive Order 12519 -- Amending the Generalized System of Preferences

… of existing items for purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202) are modified as provided in Annex I …

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Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on Trade With Hungary and China

… objectives of the Act. Romania. Since Romania has renounced extension of Most-Favored-Nation tariff treatment by the United States conditioned on the requirements of section 402 of the Act, …

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Statement on the Lifting of Economic Sanctions Against Poland

… 1981 and October 1982 should be rescinded, and I am accordingly restoring most-favored-nation tariff treatment for Poland and lifting the ban on Poland's eligibility for official U.S. credits …

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Letter to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate on Copper Production Restraints

… Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) In accordance with Section 247(c)(2) of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 (P.L. 98 - 573), I am writing to inform you of my decision not to seek to …

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Proclamation 5617 -- Amending the Generalized System of Preferences

… the Pacific Islands. 5. Section 604 of the Trade Act authorizes the President to embody in the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202) the substance of the relevant …

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Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade and the Budget Deficit

… These Americans, confident in themselves and their product, have asked that their special tariff be removed so that they can meet their competition head on. Current law provides companies …

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Radio Address to the Nation on Economic Growth and Free and Fair Trade

… Mulroney. This agreement between the world's two greatest trading partners will eliminate tariff barriers between the United States and Canada by the year 1999 and establish the largest …

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Telephone Interview With Lockwood R. Doty of Washington Broadcast News, Inc.

… the mistaken belief that it might help somehow in the Depression. It was then the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill, and all it did was expand the Depression more worldwide than it was and make it …

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