For all of our many and vehement disagreements, Senator Graham and I still found ways to work together. One of the first things we did together is travel to China. We both believed that China was manipulating its currency, hurting American exports, hurting American jobs. And together, we hammered away at that issue. At first, neither the left nor right believed us. Amazingly enough, both the New York Times, a liberal publication, the Wall Street Journal, a conservative publication, said, there's no such thing as currency manipulation. (00:52–00:59)
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Asserts that China was manipulating its currency, negatively impacting American exports and jobs.
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