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Donald Trump: “We lose a trillion dollars a year to China.”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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White House Meeting: President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu Discuss Trade, Iran, and Middle East Peace

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We have an opportunity to reset the table. On trade, we lose billions of dollars. We lose close to $2 trillion a year on trade, We lose a trillion dollars a year to China. A trillion. We lose hundreds of billions of dollars a year on trade to China. We lose hundreds of billions of dollars overall. Probably close to $2 trillion. (30:05–30:08)

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Asserts that the U.S. loses a trillion dollars annually to China in trade.

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