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Dick Lugar: “What if Russia just takes membership in the World Trade Organization and the Jackson-Vanik legislation off the table and…”

On the recordMarch 18, 2009
What if Russia just takes membership in the World Trade Organization and the Jackson-Vanik legislation off the table and says, 'Thank you very much,' but--why is there any change in the predicament after the Russia's pocket those two situations?
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

Editor's note · Context

Lugar questions the impact of Russia's WTO membership on U.S. legislation.

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