(CNN) -- In Monday's foreign policy debate, President Barack Obama said former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney had criticized his administration for being too tough against China and bringing a protectionist case at the World Trade Organization. The statement: Obama cited a case in which the Chinese "were flooding us" with cheap tires. "And we put a stop to it and as a consequence saved jobs throughout America. I have to say that Gov. Romney criticized me for being too tough in that tire case; said this wouldn't be good for American workers and that it would be protectionist," Obama said.
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The Chinese "were flooding us" with cheap tires, Obama says
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"Gov. Romney criticized me for being too tough in that tire case"
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Romney said Obama's action was "decidedly bad for the nation"
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