After the end of the Cold War, everybody thought the whole world was just going to become free enterprise democracies and everyone would get along and nation states would no longer matter. And unfortunately, We made decisions in our foreign policy on [the] ridiculous basis [that nation states would no longer matter] that actually caused us to hurt our country. We started saying things like, we don't care where things are made, let it be made in another country, as long as it's cheaper prices for America. (08:07–08:14)
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Asserts that foreign policy decisions based on the idea that nation states would no longer matter hurt the U.S.
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