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Ed Markey: If the United States retreats--which the budget proposals of this administration would indicate is one alternative path…

On the recordMarch 28, 2017
If the United States retreats--which the budget proposals of this administration would indicate is one alternative path that we could go down--if we do retreat, what does that mean in terms of the Chinese ability to propound an alternative of an authoritarian model, which could also be successful because of the additional benefits that will flow to those countries that would embrace it?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey warns against U.S. retreat, suggesting it could empower China's authoritarian model.

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