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James Traficant: “China's trade surplus has ballooned to over $1 billion a week, and China is doing it illegally: prison labor, slave…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 1998
China's trade surplus has ballooned to over $1 billion a week, and China is doing it illegally: prison labor, slave wages at 17 cents an hour, illegal dumping, trade barriers. When confronted, China thumbs their nose right in our faces. In fact, they now say the real trade deficit in America is only pennies on the dollar with China. I ask today, who is teaching those communist accountants? The Internal Revenue Service? Beam me up. Mr. Speaker, I say this: Congress should stop coddling China. This is not about trade anymore. It is about national security. And a communist nation is ripping off Uncle Sam.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns about China's trade practices and their implications for U.S. national security.

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