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Richard Nixon: “It is terribly shortsighted, because when we see it, we find that if we close our markets in order to save jobs here, we…”

On the recordOctober 10, 1973
It is terribly shortsighted, because when we see it, we find that if we close our markets in order to save jobs here, we are going to lose jobs for those products that otherwise would be sold abroad.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks at the Conclusion of a Conference on Export Expansion

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