Venezuelas attitude. in which domestic industry is safeguarded against ruinous import competition. is not unique in South America or in most other parts of the world. even though this family plan appears to be foreign to State Department officials who have taken unto themselves the power to liberalize Americas trade policies. The State Department is guilty of promulgating the program that subordinates the welfare of industry and labor in the United States to the producing forces of other nations. yet Congress cannot escape culpability for the needless. irresponsible. and unwise surrender of this constitutionally derived authority. Protection of American industry was for many decades considered as sacred and necessary as immigration laws. Since 1934. when Congress delegated to the President wide authority in the regulation of duties on imported goods. the average rates on dutiable goods have tended sharply downward. In contrast. few other nations have reciprocated.
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