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Michael Bennet: “It would seem to me that provoking a trade war with Mexico, Canada, and the EU, when the issue fundamentally is with…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2018
It would seem to me that provoking a trade war with Mexico, Canada, and the EU, when the issue fundamentally is with China, and when the growth for all of our farmers and ranchers in the West is going to come from the Pacific Rim, seems insane.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet criticizes trade war strategy affecting farmers, emphasizing focus on China instead.

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