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TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on October 24, 2021 in a TikTok video:
Product shortages are manufactured; goods are stuck in warehouses.
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 4, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 3, 2021 a blog post:
Navy SEALs found over 1,000 trafficked children and dead bodies on the Evergreen ship that blocked the Suez Canal.
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By Samantha Putterman • April 5, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 12, 2019 a Facebook post:
Ivanka Trump’s shoe line is made in China but is exempt from tariffs.  
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By Samantha Putterman • September 19, 2019
Peter Navarro
Peter Navarro
stated on August 18, 2019 an interview:
U.S. tariffs on China are "not hurting anybody" in the United States.  
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By Tom Kertscher • August 20, 2019
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on January 30, 2019 a joint statement:
Potential Foxconn changes are due to "the wave of economic uncertainty" from Evers administration
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By Eric Litke • February 1, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2018 an exchange with reporters:
Saudi Arabia has ordered $450 billion, "$110 billion of which is a military order," producing "over a million jobs."
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By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2018
Starbucks
Starbucks
stated on May 4, 2017 a Senate hearing:
"Coffee is the second-most traded commodity after oil."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 8, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech:
Says Hillary Clinton "has even deleted this record of total support (for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement) from her book."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP primary debate.:
The Trans-Pacific Partnership "was designed for China to come in, as they always do, through the back door and totally take advantage of everyone."
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By Clayton Youngman • November 12, 2015
Anthony Gemma
Anthony Gemma
stated on August 28, 2012 an online debate:
U.S. military uniforms are manufactured in China.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on March 1, 2012 a news release:
"Make no mistake -- Sherrod Brown is one of the main D.C. politicians responsible for Ohio jobs moving to China."
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By Stephen Koff • March 20, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 7, 2011 a chain e-mail:
Foreign Trade Zones allow U.S. "land to be inhabited by Chinese communists -- communists straight from China! They are to set up little towns and live here."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2011