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Mike Rogers: “Corporate America is always willing to drive that line down…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

China's Threat & America's Response with Rep. Mike Rogers

Published July 31, 2023 | Video Starts at 20:10

How do you integrate that into your outlook? Yeah, this is part of our problem. It's the golden handcuffs. We got our consumers used to cheap goods coming out of China. Right. And Corporate America is always willing to drive that line down and they're supposed to take care of the shareholders. So this is all something that happens by design. What I think got left off the table is it's a communist country that has ill intent toward the United States. (20:10–20:16)

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Asserts that U.S. corporations prioritize shareholder interests, contributing to reliance on Chinese goods.

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