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Chris Christie, Republican Presidential Candidate

“Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: By conventional calculations, China met 83% of its commitment for agricultural purchases. Christie offered an alternative calculation that doesn’t credit China for the purchases it was already making in 2017.

Chris Christie, Former New Jersey governor

“Joe Biden is proposing that any family who tries to pass a business or a farm down to their son or daughter or grandson or granddaughter are going to pay a huge new tax.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: The White House is proposing a series of new taxes that could hit large inheritances in a significant way. But Christie is wrong to frame these as hitting “any family” passing down a business within the family.