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Ever wonder what a Congressman does in a manufacturing plant? I got the answer to that question firsthand, thanks to an organization called the U.S. Business and Industry Council. USBIC thinks low-wage countries have put U.S. manufacturers in dire straits, so much so that it advocates an emergency strategy toward foreign trade. USBIC asked a Congressman to see firsthand how trade policies have affected manufacturers and invited me to tag along. So when
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