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Ed Markey: Well, we do not want to over-hype that threat, though, that we are the world power and they are the rising power and…

On the recordJuly 23, 2018
Well, we do not want to over-hype that threat, though, that we are the world power and they are the rising power and that they would overtake us.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey cautions against exaggerating China's threat to U.S. global dominance.

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