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Joni Ernst: “We value our relationship with Canada. They are our number one trading partner and we just believe it is time, it is…”

On the recordJune 24, 2015
We value our relationship with Canada. They are our number one trading partner and we just believe it is time, it is time to give up on this failed concept that has been determined to be illegal.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

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Ernst emphasizes the importance of U.S.-Canada relations and calls for abandoning a failed labeling concept.

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