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>> a huge trade imbalance, still. all of the jobs here, manufacturing jobs that could go to the low-wage companies and go to the same product much less. they didn't have the language standards or the environmental standards, they were allowing countries like china, etc., to steal intellectual property and copy a design and to sell it. those things have not been addressed. you can adopt great trade agreements. we're not afraid of trade. we can compete anywhere, any time, give us a fair playing field. we would rather be the export nation rather than the import nation. >> you need nafta to reopen...
>> still is, isn't it? >> a huge trade imbalance still. and all of these jobs here that were manufacturing jobs, where people could go to low-wage countries and make the same product for much less, and they didn't have the same labor standards, they didn't have the environmental standards, and they were allowing countries like china, et cetera, to steal intellectual property, an idea to copy a design and then to sell it. those things still have not been addressed. and you can adopt great trade agreements. we're not afraid of trade. we believe that we can compete and beat anyone anywhere any ti...
Require our trading partners to abide by the same rules that we were abiding by. that created a huge trade imbalance. >> it still is, stnt? >> a huge trade imbalance still. a lot of these manufacturing jobs where people could go to low page countries and make the same products, they didn't have the same labor or environmental standards and they were allowing countries like china, et cetera, to steal intellectual property and idea. to cope a design and sell it. those things still have not been addressed. you can adopt great trade agreements. we are not afraid of trade. we believe we can compete...
Were negotiated, one, were not enforced and, two, did not require our trading partners to abide by the same rules that we were abiding by. and that created a huge trade imbalance. that meant that all of these -- >> still is, isn't it? >> a huge trade imbalance still. and all of these jobs here that were manufacturing jobs, where people could go to low wage countries and make the same product for much less, they didn't have the same labor standards, the same environmental standards, and they were allowing countries like china, et cetera, to steal intellectual property and idea to copy a design ...