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Chris Coons: The link between foreign direct investment in emerging markets, which is so powerful for development and so powerful for…

On the recordJuly 24, 2012
The link between foreign direct investment in emerging markets, which is so powerful for development and so powerful for projecting U.S. standards and values in those markets.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Discusses the connection between foreign investment and U.S. values abroad.

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