Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming discuss the United States trade law authorizing sanctions against foreign countries that refuse to open their markets to American products. They debate the example of how the Bush administration used the threat of trade sanctions to convince the government of Thailand to allow advertising by U.S. tobacco companies. The episode aired on Monday, April 2, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.