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Michael Bennet: “Donald Trump did nothing to get [Xi Jinping] to buy our soybeans.”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

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… I said, and now higher borrowing costs because of this president's policy and weakening commodity prices because we have a completely incoherent trade policy. Xi Jinping was just over here. Donald Trump did nothing to get [Xi Jinping] to buy our soybeans. And by the way, having said that he was going to do something about it, he's now allowed Brazil to come and steal our business, which they're doing. (20:20–20:24)

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Asserts that [Donald Trump] failed to negotiate soybean purchases with China.

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