10/26/1988
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"Your work is the vital machine that produces prosperity for America."
"We have urged Japan to boost domestic economic growth and to improve access to the Japanese market for foreign products."
"We have also been talking with our friends and allies in Asia and Europe about the possibility of increasing assistance and stimulating trade and investment to sustain economic growth in the Philippin..."
"We are currently considering admission of up to 1,000 additional refugees from Malaysia who are harder to resettle because they lack family ties in the United States or elsewhere."