If I have to pay higher wages and higher environmental standards with higher enforcement and higher OSHA standards, safety standards, it is going to be much more expensive for me in Oregon than it is for you, making the same thing in Mexico.
Merkley highlights the cost disparity in production between the U.S. and Mexico.
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