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We begin with immigration and trade.

Edward Alden, this Bernard Schwartz, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations

and the author of Failure to Adjust how Americans got left behind in the global economy.

And he joins us now in our Bloomberg 11th 30 studios in New York.

Great to have you.

You're with us.

Good to be with you, Dave.

We continue to await a revised version of this travel ban,

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