Ronald Reagan actually said...

I'm confident American products can compete in world markets if they can enter foreign markets as easily as foreign products can enter ours.

Radio Address to the Nation on the President's Trip to Japan and the Republic of Korea

11/11/1983

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This bill did pass the Congress this week, but the good news is the vote showed we have the strength to sustain a Presidential veto.

I'm going to be very severe with any trade legislation coming out of Congress that threatens America's prosperity.

These provisions serve the special interests and not the Nation's interests.

We've been able to resist attempts to block free and fair trade.