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Alan Lowenthal: “We should be really holding their feet to the fire and letting them demonstrate not after they become part of the TPP…”

On the recordJune 16, 2015
We should be really holding their feet to the fire and letting them demonstrate not after they become part of the TPP, but before they do that.
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Alan Lowenthal
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Lowenthal advocates for preconditions for Vietnam's TPP membership focused on human rights.

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