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Jared Golden: “Maine has seen a lot of our processing capability go to…”

Featuring: Jared Golden, Democratic | U.S. House, Maine's 2nd Congressional District

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The Global Tariff with Rep. Jared Golden

Published | Video Starts at 26:21

It's a little different with Canada Like, I think traditionally when people think of trade disadvantages, they think of capital pursuing cheap labor. Yeah. Like going to China with Canada. It's actually a little different. Like, Maine has seen a lot of our processing capability go to Canada. So whether that is, you know, competing sawmills or manufacturing facilities that are processing seafood or for us as well, blueberries, like those businesses that once were in Maine went to Canada. (26:21–26:27)

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