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Trump, with Branstad in Iowa, calls China's non-market economy status a 'big thing'

December 9, 2016 at 11:05 AM
“China is not a market economy,” President-elect Donald Trump said in Iowa yesterday as he introduced his pick for ambassador to China. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) joined Trump at a rally in Des Moines, where China came up early and often. “The nation of China is responsible for almost half of America's trade deficit,” Trump declared early in his speech. “China is not a market economy. “They get a lot of help, and that's why we designate them as...


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