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Tweet - "I'm all for fair trade, but I worry that tariffs on newsprint paper from Canada have the potential to harm newspapers and cause American job loss. And so do my constituents. More on my letter to Secretary Ross here: https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-warns-trump-administration-against-newsprint-tariffs "

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By: Dick Durbin

Date: April 16, 2018

Issues: Trade

"I'm all for fair trade, but I worry that tariffs on newsprint paper from Canada have the potential to harm newspapers and cause American job loss. And so do my constituents. More on my letter to Secretary Ross here: https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-warns-trump-administration-against-newsprint-tariffs "

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