But what we're telling these countries is enough of taking advantage of the American markets. We right now have a $1.3 trillion trade deficit, which means Americans are paying over $360 billion in tariffs while the US takes in less than 80 billion. We have got to make sure that that is evened out. It's fair. Free trade is great, fair trade is better. And that's exactly what we're pushing for. (05:24–05:32)
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