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On the recordFebruary 22, 2010
in the Bilateral Trade Agreement that we did with China, with whom we have a $260 billion merchandise trade deficit, after a phase-in, the Chinese automobiles, when exported to the United States--and they are coming--will have a 2½ percent tariff attached to them, and any U.S. automobiles that would be sold in China, would have a 25-percent tariff attached to them?
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan highlights the trade imbalance and tariffs in U.S.-China automotive trade.

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