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Ron Johnson: “The Defense department uses about 3% of American produced…”

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Johnson Discusses Trade Concerns on CNN

Published March 8, 2018 | Video Starts at 03:20

There is a threshold that the president has to make the case that it is a matter of national security interest. Do you believe that threshold is met? I don't believe so. The figures I've seen, The Defense department uses about 3% of American produced steel. Our largest supplier, foreign supplier steel, is Canada. I'm pretty confident that Canada is a very solid ally of ours, a friend of America. (03:20–03:24)

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