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Brad Sherman: “My hope is--and I know that tariffs can be painful on both sides--that you will do what is necessary to get us a trade…”

On the recordApril 8, 2019
My hope is--and I know that tariffs can be painful on both sides--that you will do what is necessary to get us a trade relationship with China that is not the most pernicious, cancerous, malignant, and lopsided trade relationship in history.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman expresses concern over the trade relationship with China and the impact of tariffs.

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