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Eric Hovde: “85, 90% of our antibiotics were being made in China.”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 02:21

But what President Trump also did is he put it on certain product types and the most important one was on pharmaceuticals. Why? Because during COVID we woke up in this country and came to realize 85, 90% of our antibiotics were being made in China. Almost all our pharmaceuticals got shipped out. We used to make most of our pharmaceuticals here, largely in Puerto Rico and a lot of that got shipped out. (02:21–02:28)

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