JD Vance rips globalization, calling cheap labor a 'drug'

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks at the American Dynamism Summit in Washington on March 18. © Reuters

KEN MORIYASU

WASHINGTON -- Relying on cheap offshore labor has hurt innovation in the U.S. and let rival nations catch up, U.S. Vice President JD Vance argued Tuesday in a speech on President Donald Trump's economic policy.

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