A Quote by Robert Scheer
The great enemy of any totalitarian regime is normalization and trade.
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As commerce secretary, I led the Clinton administration's effort to ensure China's entry into the World Trade Organization and the permanent normalization of trade between the U.S. and China - steps that produced a 76 percent increase in U.S. exports to China in just three years.
What can I do to create a healthy work environment? Because we have all been groomed to the normalization of violence and the normalization of abuse. And we refuse to live in that society.
Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced.
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