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Jared Golden: “We're basically balanced with Canada in Maine anyways…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 32:07

We're sending them to Canada, they're doing the value added manufacturing, processing, and then they're selling it back into the United States and then We're basically balanced with Canada in Maine anyways because they're sending us a lot of oil. We're a very oil dependent state. And that's a key vulnerability where in this kind of trade negotiation or, or in a trade war with Canada, Maine Mainers could get hurt. (32:07–32:14)

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Asserts that Maine's trade balance with Canada is largely due to oil imports.

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