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Eisenhower: “I believe the national interest requires that we join with other countries of the free world in dealing with our trade…”

On the recordApril 13, 1955
I believe the national interest requires that we join with other countries of the free world in dealing with our trade problems on a cooperative basis.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Special Message to the Congress on United States Membership in the Proposed Organization for Trade Cooperation.

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