Paul Ryan: We Need Better Trade Deals Where Other Countries Play By Our Rules

‘You add up the countries we have trade agreements with, we have a trade surplus with them’

RUSH EXCERPT:
RYAN: "It's a great question, actually, and we've talked about this a lot. The president elect and his economic team and myself how do we work together to do just what you said because look, when I go to my kids' track meets, it's at Monterrey Stadium in Janesville, Wisconsin and you look down the end zone and you see a shut GM plant. The core of my hometown was General Motors and now it's a 4 million square foot mothball. We experienced the same things where we've lost really good family supporting manufacturing jobs. There are a number of things we can and should and will do. Number one, we do need good trade deals but here is the point. Getting good trade deals means go out and get other countries to play by our rules. You add up the countries we have trade agreements with, we have a trade surplus with them. You add up the countries we don't have trade agreements with, we have a massive trade deficit with. The secret to success is go out and get agreements. That's why I think of all the people who succeeded the presidency, negotiators, Donald Trump is that. I believe he has the tools and skills to get good agreements to get other countries to play by our rules so we have a level playing field."

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