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Jimmy Carter: “I have determined that provision of import relief on U.S. imports of iron or steel lag screws or bolts would not be in…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1978
I have determined that provision of import relief on U.S. imports of iron or steel lag screws or bolts would not be in the national economic interest.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Letter to Secretary of the Treasury W. Michael Blumenthal on the American Bolt, Nut, and Large Screw Industry

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