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Dick Durbin: “CFTC has adopted a rule to implement position limits on 28 commodities including oil contracts as soon as the joint rule…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2012
CFTC has adopted a rule to implement position limits on 28 commodities including oil contracts as soon as the joint rule between CFTC and SEC defining swap is adopted.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses the implementation of position limits on commodities.

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