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Pence spars with Biden over administration’s trade record

  • The Associated Press
Vice President Mike Pence meets with people at JLS Automation in York, Pa., Thursday, June 6, 2019.

 Matt Rourke / AP Photo

Vice President Mike Pence meets with people at JLS Automation in York, Pa., Thursday, June 6, 2019.

(Duryea) — Vice President Mike Pence is sparring with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden over the Trump administration’s trade record.

Pence visited a high-tech glass factory near Scranton on Monday and called on Democrats in Congress to allow a vote on a pending trade deal with Mexico and Canada. President Donald Trump is seeking to replace the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement.

Biden, who grew up in Scranton and will campaign there Tuesday and Wednesday, blasted Pence’s visit. He says in a statement that “Pennsylvanians will not be fooled by Pence’s blind promotion of Trump’s irresponsible trade wars.”

Pence responded that Pennsylvanians know the proposed U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is a “winner” and that Biden should “get on board.” Pence also decried what he called the Democrats’ “endless investigations and partisan impeachment.”

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