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  "id": "IB85104",
  "type": "CRS Report",
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  "number": "IB85104",
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  "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
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      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs9240/",
      "id": "IB85104 1985-07-12",
      "date": "1985-07-12",
      "retrieved": "2006-09-25T14:42:06",
      "title": "The Case for and Against an Import Surcharge",
      "summary": "The United States is now running a deficit of over $100 billion in its foreign trade and the Federal budget is in the red by roughly $200 billion. To deal with these two deficits, Congress is considering a temporary import surcharge. This brief examines the case for and against such a surcharge as well as its use against Japan.",
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      "topics": [
        {
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          "id": "Trade",
          "name": "Trade"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "International trade",
          "name": "International trade"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Foreign trade - Japan",
          "name": "Foreign trade - Japan"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Foreign trade - U.S.",
          "name": "Foreign trade - U.S."
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        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Deficit financing",
          "name": "Deficit financing"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Imports",
          "name": "Imports"
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        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Budgets",
          "name": "Budgets"
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      ]
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}