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Bill Clinton: “Trade-related jobs pay, on the average, higher wages than jobs not related to trade.”

On the recordSeptember 14, 1993
Trade-related jobs pay, on the average, higher wages than jobs not related to trade.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session on the North American Free Trade Agreement in New Orleans, Louisiana

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