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Kirsten Gillibrand: “I think NAFTA has been a disaster for this country in places…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Washington Post Live Interview with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on 2020 Presidential Campaign and Key Issues

Published | Video Starts at 12:57

But broadly, do you have any policy differences with Vice President Biden? I don't know. That's why I asked. On foreign policy, economic policy? Well, certainly on trade, I think NAFTA has been a disaster for this country in places like upstate New York, even Long Island, in places like Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. When you sign on to a bad trade deal that is a giveaway to corporate interests, it harms us. I think NAFTA 2.0 under President Trump has harm harmed us. (12:57–13:08)

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Asserts that NAFTA has been detrimental to regions like upstate New York, Long Island, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

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