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Jim Costa: the issues are, many of them are, related to competitiveness, and the fact that we would be more competitive in the long…

On the recordJuly 13, 2009
the issues are, many of them are, related to competitiveness, and the fact that we would be more competitive in the long run as you get the distortions out of the international trading system, and those are primarily export subsidies.
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Jim Costa
Democratic · California

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Discussing the impact of export subsidies on U.S. competitiveness.

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