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Marco Rubio: “There are industries that are critical to the United States…”

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

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BREAKING NEWS Marco Rubio Speaks To Reporters At G7 Summit As U.S.-Canada Trade War Escalates

Published | Video Starts at 15:46

It's as simple as that. We want to charge other countries what they charge US and then ultimately once the baseline is reset, and then in addition to that, There are industries that are critical to the United States and to our domestic security and our future. And he's identified them. Steel, aluminum, semiconductors, automobiles. These are things that we believe are in our interest to have a domestic capacity. And we have to protect these industries from what we feel is subsidization and unfair competition from abroad. (15:46–15:56)

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Asserts that certain industries are critical to U.S. domestic security and future.

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