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Tom Cotton: Even if there is a legitimate use to it, why would we sell it to China? Why would we authorize it to be sold to China?

On the recordJuly 25, 2018
Even if there is a legitimate use to it, why would we sell it to China? Why would we authorize it to be sold to China?
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Cotton questions the rationale behind selling technology to China despite its oppressive practices.

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