We strongly welcome the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the USA.
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.
Today a single chip has the incredible power of a million transistors, that is, of the biggest computer of the 1960's.
I am pleased that Prime Minister Takeshita's government has joined us in liberalizing agricultural trade.
We seek to enhance cooperation in a number of research areas of national importance.
The threat that 100 million people from Panama to the open border of our South could come under the control of pro-Soviet regimes.
If we fail in Nicaragua we could one day face a Communist Central America spreading subversion northward and southward.
Protectionism, the closing of America's markets, is the wrong response.





