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Brad Sherman: “But we are told the way to get tough with China is to ignore the devastation done especially to our Midwest by their…”

On the recordMay 7, 2019
But we are told the way to get tough with China is to ignore the devastation done especially to our Midwest by their trade policies, and instead, spend a few hundred billion dollars fighting over islets that are both useless and, in any case, not ours.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Sherman criticizes U.S. policy prioritizing military spending over addressing trade impacts on American jobs.

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