(The Center Square) – At a grocer in Hoke County, the tariff break for a foreign exporter doesn’t produce a better price, says the Democratic nominee in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.
It does, says retired Army Maj. Richard Ojeda, deliver a smaller check for American farmers and a bigger profit for corporations.
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