"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies." --Ronald Reagan
Good quote. Reagan set out to eliminate barriers in trade. His successors created a whole new set of barriers requiring a full barrage of lawyers to navigate the regulations in order to engage in what should be a simple international transaction. So much for Reagan's vision.
"We would insist on trade that is fair and free. " -- Ronald Reagan
Let's run the tape:
Now, today, we also find ourselves engaged in expanding peaceful commerce across the world. We will work to expand our opportunities in international markets through the Uruguay round of trade negotiations [for the second time, Mohave, you blithering idiot--the Uruguay Round created the WTO] and to complete an historic free trade arrangement between the world's two largest trading partners, Canada and the United States. Our basic trade policy remains the same: We remain opposed as ever to protectionism, because America's growth and future depend on trade. But we would insist on trade that is fair and free. We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.Damn, Mojave . . . what will you do, when you run across someone who knows Reagan better than you do?