The President's News Conference
02/10/1986
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The objective is to defend the domestic price support program by creating a market situation that will enable U.S. beet and cane producers t...
I have today proclaimed an emergency import quota program to manage sugar imports into the U.S. market.
I find and declare that the imposition of the import fees hereinafter proclaimed is necessary.
We offer the American people... hope - a way out and a way up.