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Howard Lutnick: “NAFTA is destroy Michigan and Ohio agreement.”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Published | Video Starts at 08:18

Once upon a time, cars were made in Detroit and in Ohio, Michigan and Ohio and nafta, the North American Free Trade Agreement. Another way to say NAFTA is destroy Michigan and Ohio agreement. What they did is they took these car companies and they moved them to Mexico and Canada. Why Canada? We just want to have unions. Mexico, cheaper labor. (08:18–08:22)

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Asserts that NAFTA negatively impacted Michigan and Ohio.

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