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Ed Markey: China's Belt and Road Initiative may further coerce its neighbors through loans that they cannot repay.

On the recordJuly 23, 2018
China's Belt and Road Initiative may further coerce its neighbors through loans that they cannot repay.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey highlights the coercive nature of China's economic initiatives.

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