So why didn't you do these investigations from the very beginning? IPA was the most appropriate tool to use because we are facing an emergency in this country. In the five years prior to President Trump's second term, our U.S. trade deficit exploded by 40% to reach $1.2 trillion, the largest trade deficit in human history. And the trade deficit was a Manifestation of many things, but one of them is a lot of offshoring of production to other countries. (07:01–07:11)
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Asserts that the U.S. trade deficit increased by 40% to $1.2 trillion before Trump's second term.
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