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Jimmy Carter: “I deem it necessary to act pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act to adjust crude oil and gasoline imports.”

On the recordApril 1, 1980
I deem it necessary to act pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act to adjust crude oil and gasoline imports.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 4744—Petroleum Import Adjustment Program

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