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Ronald Reagan: “Protectionism, the closing of America's markets, is the wrong response.”

On the recordJune 16, 1988
Protectionism, the closing of America's markets, is the wrong response.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on Free and Fair Trade to Members of the United States Information Agency Volunteer International Council

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