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Jeff Merkley: “All we essentially see in this chart, in summary, is, as product penetration went up and increased substantially after…”

On the recordMay 8, 2018
All we essentially see in this chart, in summary, is, as product penetration went up and increased substantially after 2001, American jobs lost to that trade deficit continued.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley summarizes the correlation between trade deficit and job loss.

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