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George H.W. Bush: “I have determined that it is appropriate to withdraw the duty-free treatment afforded under the GSP to imports from all…”

On the recordJuly 5, 1989
I have determined that it is appropriate to withdraw the duty-free treatment afforded under the GSP to imports from all designated beneficiary developing countries of the cigarette leaf tobacco.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Proclamation 5997—To Amend the Generalized System of Preferences

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