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Bernie Moreno: “We lost 90,000 factories since NAFTA got passed, since we…”

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Podcast Discussion on Revitalizing the American Auto Industry with Senator Bernie Marino and Jason Stein

Published | Video Starts at 00:08

All you have to do, Jason, is drive to Lorraine or Dayton or Youngstown or Toledo and you'll see what happened. These were great industrial towns. We lost 90,000 factories since NAFTA got passed, since we gave full trading status to China. And we have to regain our industrial base. We have to re industrialize this country. (00:08–00:18)

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Asserts that 90,000 factories were lost due to NAFTA and China's full trading status.

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