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Robert C. Byrd: “I believe that a more promising and productive approach would be to let our trading partners know that we demand, and…”

On the recordApril 1, 1982
I believe that a more promising and productive approach would be to let our trading partners know that we demand, and are willing to enforce, equal access to foreign markets. Our citizens will no longer support unfair subsidies that put American workers out of jobs.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Apr 1, 1982

Editor's note · Context

Speaking on foreign export subsidies and his Fair Trade Act of 1982.

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