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On the recordJuly 22, 2026
Chinese state-backed money is remaking the hemisphere’s ports and reshaping grain routes to Asia.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Senator Cotton's letter regarding Chinese investments in Brazil agriculture.

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