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In some cases the press in foreign countries in-
timated all we were doing was carrying out a political
campaign pledge and having done that, the whole matter
would subside.
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We did our best to disabuse them of that possi-
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QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, did these countries
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raise with you varriers or obstacles to trade within the
United States that they would like to see lifted and if
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can you identify them?
SECRETARY STANS: Yes. In many countries there
were protests about barriers to trade in the United States
other than tariffs. One we heard about in the first ten
minutes of every meeting in Europe was the American selling
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There were also complaints about certain technical
requirements imposed by the American Government on imports
but generally speaking, we took the position that there
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were a lot more barriers to our exports to other countries
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from other countries, and I think that is certainly definitely
the case.
QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, in your discussion of
non-tariff barriers you included border taxes. You recently
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said the United States does not believe changes should be