And they have taken advantage. When we had this fight originally, well, it's in the book, but when we had this fight originally, The trade deficit was $5 billion a year [when we had this fight originally]. And I thought, Justin, that $5 billion a year, we could get the prisoners free from Tiananmen Square, stop the privacy of our intellectual property, gain market access, and stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to rogue countries. (29:04–29:13)
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Asserts that the trade deficit with China was $5 billion a year initially.
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