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Marco Rubio: “If the US is uncomfortable with the current reality that stems from having pursued trade at the cost of promoting…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2017
If the US is uncomfortable with the current reality that stems from having pursued trade at the cost of promoting rights, it should now use China's need for access to the outside world as forms of leverage.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Suggestion to leverage China's need for access to promote human rights.

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