Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Schenectady, NY
09/28/1960
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Our businessmen, workers and farmers are in need of new markets—and the fastest growing market in the world is the European Common Market.
This Administration was not elected to preside over the liquidation of American responsibility in these great years.
One answer to this problem is the negative answer: raise our tariffs, restrict our capital, pull back from the world—and our adversaries wou...
The experience of the European Common Market, where tariffs were gradually cut down, has shown that increased trade brings employment.