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Robert E. Lighthizer: “We have a trade deficit with China which is unsustainable, $375 billion, most of which... is a result of state…”

On the recordJuly 25, 2018
We have a trade deficit with China which is unsustainable, $375 billion, most of which... is a result of state capitalism.
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Robert E. Lighthizer

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Lighthizer discusses the unsustainable trade deficit with China and its causes.

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