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Chris Coons: “I think there are preliminary conversations we can have, but this is a potential opportunity to show what a modern FTA…”

On the recordJuly 25, 2018
I think there are preliminary conversations we can have, but this is a potential opportunity to show what a modern FTA looks like between countries that are having a clear-eyed talk about IP, about data, about capital flows, about a lot of different things.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons sees potential for a modern free trade agreement with the UK.

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