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Jimmy Carter: I have determined that import relief in the form of 15 percent tariffs on iron or steel bolts, nuts, and screws is in…

On the recordDecember 21, 1978
I have determined that import relief in the form of 15 percent tariffs on iron or steel bolts, nuts, and screws is in the national economic and therefore will proclaim this remedy.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Memorandum From the President on the American Bolt, Nut, and Large Screw Industry

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