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has caused the deficit with China to go up, not down
Joe Biden · The final 2020 presidential debate · October 22, 2020 · President of the United States
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Context
He was describing the effect of the Trump administration's trade policy on the United States trade deficit with China.
Topics: Trade.
Other claims by Joe Biden
Sources
- Fact-checking Donald Trump, Joe Biden in the final presidential debate · PolitiFact · 2020-10-23 · accessed 2026-09-18
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