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Marcy Kaptur: “What it works out to is that every 28 cars that come up from Mexico to the United States, we send down 2 cars, and in…”

On the recordJanuary 19, 1995
What it works out to is that every 28 cars that come up from Mexico to the United States, we send down 2 cars, and in trucks it is even worse. For every 33 trucks that are built by these companies sent into our market, we send down there about a third of a truck. It is absolutely upside-down.
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

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Discussing trade imbalances between the U.S. and Mexico.

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