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Roscoe Bartlett: “If we could cut the trade deficit in half, we could increase U.S. GDP by a very sizable amount, and create about 5…”

On the recordOctober 25, 2011
If we could cut the trade deficit in half, we could increase U.S. GDP by a very sizable amount, and create about 5 million jobs.
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Roscoe Bartlett
Maryland

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Bartlett emphasizes the economic benefits of reducing the trade deficit.

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