Gretchen Whitmer: “China is without question, I think, a very real threat to a…”

“And you know, the halt of that concerns me a great deal because I think that it was an opportunity for us to catch up. China is without question, I think, a very real threat to a lot of the important things that Americans do every day to make a living, take care of their families. And so if we're competing on a level playing field, I, we're all for competition. But the fact of the matter is, is that they don't compete on a level playing field.” (27:40–27:53)

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