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Step 1 would have been stay in TPP and work as a bloc instead of

unilaterally cutting off a market for our farmers and others. Oh, but we're rich off of the billions that China paid in tariffs, right?

The one problem that Trump correctly identified and he completely fucked things up and made them worse.

[Post edited by 81_Hokie at 01/20/2021 6:18PM]

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