Dick Durbin: “Roughly, we have about a third of the population of China, and we have…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2011

Roughly, we have about a third of the population of China, and we have a gross domestic product that is about three times their size.

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Durbin highlights the economic disparity between the U.S. and China.

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