Andrew P. Hunter said "What I see in his bill is essentially what I offered, I think, with respect to Japan back in 1982, which is a two-way street bill, that we let the other side control the level of tariffs, and if they want to raise the wall, they raise it; if they want to lower it, they lower it. So they are motivated to be free traders or to be open traders with the United States and develop a two-way street with a Nation that enjoys a $30 billion trade surplus over the United States and that rather arrogantly insists on their 30 percent barriers while we pull our barriers down to zero. I support the gentleman's initiative." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordNovember 5, 1997

What I see in his bill is essentially what I offered, I think, with respect to Japan back in 1982, which is a two-way street bill, that we let the other side control the level of tariffs, and if they want to raise the wall, they raise it; if they want to lower it, they lower it. So they are motivated to be free traders or to be open traders with the United States and develop a two-way street with a Nation that enjoys a $30 billion trade surplus over the United States and that rather arrogantly insists on their 30 percent barriers while we pull our barriers down to zero. I support the gentleman's initiative.

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Andrew P. Hunter

Illinois

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing trade policy and tariffs in relation to Japan.

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