Ronald Reagan
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Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held the office of governor of California from 1967 to 1975. Reagan's presidency is noted for significant tax cuts, a strong anti-communist foreign policy, and the deregulation of various industries. His administration also faced challenges such as the Iran-Contra affair and economic issues, including inflation and unemployment.
I will proclaim that the amendments will enter into force for the United States on November 19, 1989.
I am committed to taking whatever actions are necessary to protect America's farmers from excessive losses during this drought.
There’s one more—or, there’s more trade, I should say, between the United States and Canada than any other two countries in the world.
And yet in a broader sense, the free trade agreement is a case of governments rushing to catch up with their peoples.
His intention to nominate Jose A. Costa, Jr., to be a member of the Advisory Board for Radio Broadcasting to Cuba.
I urge each of you to help protect our peace, defend our freedom, and to live each moment so that at the end of the day it might be said of you—in the words of another favorite saying of mine which is from the Scriptures—'Well done, thou…
Many of our farmers purchased Federal crop insurance, a sound business decision.
Yes, our border is what all borders should be: a meeting place, not a dividing line.
I am sending to the Congress what will be one of the most historic pieces of legislation during my Presidency: implementing legislation for the U.S.-Canada free trade agreement.
Public life is the crown of a career, and politics is still the greatest and most honorable adventure.
With this truly historic agreement, I am submitting the proposed United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988.
This agreement is moving quickly because it's good for the United States, it's good for Canada, it's good for our continent.
The United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement is one of the most comprehensive agreements on trade ever negotiated between two nations.
With this Agreement, we reject 'beggar-thy-neighbor' policies in order to build with our neighbors.
Canadians and Americans take pride in having the longest unguarded border, which stands as a model for the free world.
In America, I've always believed that each of us has a special responsibility because we have the freedom to use our talents to the fullest.
The reason for the free trade agreement is simple: Throughout North American history, whenever and wherever trade barriers have been lowered, we've seen our economies bloom like mountain meadows after a spring rain.
No, listening to the rhetoric, you'd never have guessed America's economy is the strongest in decades.





