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Jim Costa: “The nontariff trade barriers are a big, big part of facilitating trade agreements. And that is part of the handicap that…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2017
The nontariff trade barriers are a big, big part of facilitating trade agreements. And that is part of the handicap that American agriculture too often has.
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Jim Costa
Democratic · California

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Costa highlights the challenges American agriculture faces due to nontariff trade barriers.

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