So Ambassador, you are potentially Planning to use 301 because when I spoke to you and your colleagues in the past, there was this concern Supreme Court could strike down ipa. 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. (06:56–07:02)
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