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Brad Sherman: “If you think that our prior FTAs' enforcement is what America wants, that we have been doing a great job, that there is…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2015
If you think that our prior FTAs' enforcement is what America wants, that we have been doing a great job, that there is no cheating under our existing rules, that everything is hunky-dory and the middle class is doing well in the United States, then you and I should sit in the back of a Trump rally together and see the anger.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman critiques the enforcement of free trade agreements and highlights middle-class discontent.

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