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Jim Risch: “The East China Sea is a poster child for the lack of the ability of the treaty to resolve these kinds of things.”

On the recordMay 6, 2013
The East China Sea is a poster child for the lack of the ability of the treaty to resolve these kinds of things.
Said by
Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch critiques the Law of the Sea Treaty for failing to resolve East China Sea disputes.

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