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Marco Rubio: “We allowed nations to treat us unfairly in trade...because…”

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

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Marco Rubio and J.D. Vance Discuss American Industrial Policy and Geopolitical Challenges at American Compass Event

Published | Video Starts at 14:21

Is this good for prosperity in other places, even if it may not be in our interest. And we made those decisions even during the Cold War. To some extent, We allowed nations to treat us unfairly in trade...because we didn't want those countries to become victim to a communist revolution. that would overthrow them. But then we kept it going. And so today there are multiple countries around the world that are fully developed economies, but whom we have enormous … (14:21–14:31)

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Asserts that the U.S. accepted unfair trade practices to prevent communist revolutions.

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