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Ron Johnson: “The talk of canceling NAFTA and now imposing these steel…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Johnson Discusses North Korea and Trade on CNN

Published | Video Starts at 04:35

We made American businesses more competitive. We gave real tax cuts to Wisconsinites and Americans. There's really growing level of optimism because we were returning certainty to the American and Wisconsin economy. And The talk of canceling NAFTA and now imposing these steel tariffs have just interjected uncertainty into the economy. where it just wasn't necessary. So I'm really concerned that this is counterproductive as well as you could really result in retaliatory actions by our trade partners. (04:35–04:42)

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Asserts that discussions of canceling NAFTA and imposing steel tariffs have created economic uncertainty.

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