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Mark Dayton: “Does the Senator say we should apply that same principle to all of our trade agreements and require that the $478…”

On the recordJune 21, 2004
Does the Senator say we should apply that same principle to all of our trade agreements and require that the $478 billion we spent last year in deficits, we should require those countries buy the equivalent in U.S.-made products?
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Mark Dayton

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Questioning trade agreement principles during a Senate debate.

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