You know, I'm just saying, I think that when you look at trade deficits, I think we have to look at more than just what a tariff may or may not do. Our trade imbalances over time have been caused by us not having a trade balance on issue of labor laws. making sure that there's no slave labor and child labor, that the environment is protected when we extract materials and do stuff that people have the ability to bargain in … (02:45–02:56)
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Asserts that trade imbalances are linked to labor law issues.
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