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Bernie Moreno: “We allowed nations to treat us unfairly in trade to prevent…”

Featuring: Bernie Moreno, Republican | U.S. Senate, Ohio

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Bernie Moreno and J.D. Vance Discuss American Industrial Policy and Geopolitics at American Compass Event

Published | Video Starts at 14:27

Is this good for prosperity in other places, even if it may not be in our interest? And we made those decisions even during the Cold War. To some extent, We allowed nations to treat us unfairly in trade to prevent communist revolutions. do it because we didn't want those countries to become victim to a communist revolution that would overthrow them. But then we kept it going. (14:27–14:38)

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Asserts that the U.S. tolerated unfair trade practices to prevent communist revolutions during the Cold War.

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