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On the recordJuly 24, 2012
We will step forward and find a way to offset that advantage with a loan package, as we did for Pakistan Rail.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin discusses U.S. efforts to compete with Chinese financing terms.

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