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Marco Rubio: “The United States has built these tremendous trade…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Marco Rubio Discusses US Trade Relations and Strategic Partnerships in Southeast Asia

Published | Video Starts at 05:12

I don't agree with that assessment. I mean, look, at the end of the day, The United States has built these tremendous trade imbalances over the last 30 or 40 years. It's unfair to American and American workers and American. In addition to threatening our industrial capacity, trade needed to be revisited. The President campaigned on that, and that's what he's doing. (05:12–05:17)

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Asserts that the U.S. has developed significant trade imbalances over the past 30-40 years.

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