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Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate Transmitting the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement

… between two nations. It provides for the elimination of all tariffs, reduces many non-tariff barriers, liberalizes investment practices, and covers trade in services. For example, the … and augment the prosperity of both nations. With this Agreement, we are tearing down the tariff walls that block the flow of trade and generally eliminating the tangle of restrictions …

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Memorandum on the Restriction of Pasta Imports From the European Economic Community

… primarily of wheat, provided for in items 182.35 and 182.36 part 15B, schedule 1 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202), unless such shipments are … negotiations were unsuccessful. In the context of a separate dispute with the EC concerning tariff preferences granted by the EC on certain citrus products, I imposed increased duties on …

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Memorandum on the Generalized System of Preferences

… should apply to such articles. Such countries are enumerated in Annex A opposite the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) items applicable to each article. Second, under the …

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Executive Order 12662 -- Implementing the United States-Canada Free-Trade Implementation Act

… FTA Implementation Act, in the event that the provisions of subparagraph 516A( g)(7)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. section 1516a(g)(7)(B), take effect, I accept, as a …

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Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade

… it caused is deep and searing. And today many economic analysts and historians argue that high tariff legislation passed back in that period called the Smoot-Hawley tariff greatly deepened the depression and prevented economic recovery. You see, at first, when …

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Canadian Elections and Free Trade

… disaster for the working men and women of this country. When Congress passed the Smoot-Hawley tariff in 1930, we were told that it would protect America from foreign competition and save jobs … Delano Roosevelt, who opposed protectionism and called for the repeal of that disastrous tariff. Ever since that time, the American people have stayed true to our heritage by rejecting …

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Message to the Congress on Acid Imports From China

… paratungstate and tungstic acid, provided for in Items 417.40 and 416.40, respectively, of the Tariff Schedules of the United States. In accordance with section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 …

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Proclamation 5679 -- Specialty Steel Import Relief

… tool steel; and round wire of high-speed tool steel, provided for in specified items of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202). By Proclamation 5074 of July 19, … enforce the national policy for the steel industry was provided in Title VIII of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 (19 U.S.C. 2253 note). 4. Pursuant to the above authority, the USTR concluded …

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Remarks at a Meeting With Members of the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations

… of our trade policy. Reporter. Mr. President, are you considering rescinding your trade tariff restrictions against the Japanese? Are you impressed by what they've done? You call for …

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Proclamation 5758 -- Amending the Generalized System of Preferences

… 2461 and 2462(c)). 3. 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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