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George H.W. Bush: I'm not thinking about that, Susan [Susan Spencer, CBS News]. I'm thinking about winning it on the merits--what's best…

On the recordMay 28, 1991
I'm not thinking about that, Susan [Susan Spencer, CBS News]. I'm thinking about winning it on the merits--what's best for the foreign policy of the United States and what's best for the foreign policies of the Western countries and what's best for China. And I think the answer is to continue MFN as is. So, I'm not into the concession business or sitting down, or trading at this juncture, and I know we start off a little behind here. But I may have jumped the gun on getting it out a week or so ago, but I did it because I feel so certain that what I'm proposing is good foreign policy. I think we've got a good record, our administration, on foreign policy, and so we will go down that path. Soviet Union
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George H.W. Bush
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