We can use tariffs to cushion adjustment instead of using them only to shut off competition.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We can use tariffs to cushion adjustment instead of using them only to shut off competition.”
On the recordDecember 5, 1961
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Address in New York City to the National Association of Manufacturers.
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