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Brad Sherman: “While the economic theory is that free trade works perfectly, and will enhance everybody, no one has been able to…”

On the recordApril 24, 2013
While the economic theory is that free trade works perfectly, and will enhance everybody, no one has been able to explain why we have a $600 billion trade deficit.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Sherman critiques the effectiveness of free trade theory in light of the trade deficit.

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