USTR and ITC Budget Authorizations for Fiscal Year 1989: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on International Trade of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, June 22, 1988, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 - 54 pages |
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Page 41 - May 22, 1986, the President granted import relief to the red cedar shakes and shingles industry under section 201 in the form of a declining tariff program. II. NEGOTIATING TRADE AGREEMENTS President Reagan is seeking a worldwide negotiation to improve international trading rules as well as a wide array of bilateral agreements to open overseas markets for US exporters and to shield import-sensitive industries from unfair imports.
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