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Maria Cantwell: “We have unions who are saying, I don't like the president's…”

Featuring: Maria Cantwell, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Washington

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Discussion with Senator Maria Cantwell and former USTRs, Carla Hills and Susan Schwab

Published | Video Starts at 42:53

And just in this debate, I'm so surprised at where people are because of the modernization of the North America Free Trade Agreement. And all of a sudden We have unions who are saying, I don't like the president's tariffs because we were getting affordable product out of Mexico or Canada. They were helping us keep jobs in the United States of America. And I don't like the fact that that's going to get disrupted. (42:53–43:01)

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Asserts that unions oppose tariffs due to the affordability of products from Mexico or Canada.

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