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Brad Sherman: “We have a 4:1 trade deficit. China has four times as much to lose if there is a trade war as compared to us.”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2014
We have a 4:1 trade deficit. China has four times as much to lose if there is a trade war as compared to us.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman highlights the imbalance in trade relations with China.

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