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Ed Whitfield: “Our trade deficit last year in the United States was $539 billion.”

On the recordJune 17, 2013
Our trade deficit last year in the United States was $539 billion.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield highlights the significant U.S. trade deficit.

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