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Brandon Johnson: “I think a country-of-origin ban of any kind is too blunt of an instrument, and it is not necessarily feasible.”

On the recordMay 15, 2018
I think a country-of-origin ban of any kind is too blunt of an instrument, and it is not necessarily feasible.
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Brandon Johnson
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Critiquing the idea of banning equipment from China as overly simplistic.

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