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Bernie Sanders: “Our current trade policy is an absolute disaster. Export-Import Bank is an inherent part of that disastrous trade…”

On the recordJune 5, 2002
Our current trade policy is an absolute disaster. Export-Import Bank is an inherent part of that disastrous trade policy. The gentleman I am going to ask to speak in a moment comes from the State of Ohio, as does the chairman of the full committee, and they should know that between 1994 and 2000, under our disastrous trade policy, in Ohio alone 135,000 jobs were lost because of our disastrous trade policy.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the negative impact of trade policy on job loss in Ohio.

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