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On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
What has happened to our jobs, our communities, the North Philadelphia that I grew up in, the Cleveland that I can picture right now? Devastation throughout those communities; nowhere near the replacement in jobs for the more than 700,000 jobs lost from NAFTA alone.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Schumer discusses the job losses and community devastation due to trade deals like NAFTA.

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