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James Traficant: “America has a $60 million trade deficit with Japan, $50 billion with China, a $24 billion deficit with Canada, $20 plus…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 1998
America has a $60 million trade deficit with Japan, $50 billion with China, a $24 billion deficit with Canada, $20 plus billion with Mexico. The bleeding goes on and on, good-paying jobs lost by the thousands every week, every month. After all this, Congress wants more fast track trade programs. Unbelievable. Congress does not need fast track; Congress needs a swift kick. What is next, our sons and daughters applying for a job in Mexico? Beam me up. Free trade, my ascot. This is a free ride for people overseas being paid for by American workers who are being retrained. Think about it.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Editor's note · Context

Addressing trade deficits and the impact of fast track trade programs on American jobs.

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