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Jack Reed: It illustrates his point, that there may be, in fact, countervailing foreign investments in this country to make up for…

On the recordNovember 5, 1997
It illustrates his point, that there may be, in fact, countervailing foreign investments in this country to make up for our budget deficits, but that does not explain the phenomenon of losing consistently and persistently the battle for the sale of manufactured goods from our suppliers to other countries around the world.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Discussing foreign investments and the trade deficit in manufactured goods.

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