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Ed Markey: If China does not do it, then we have no real pressure point on the North Koreans.

On the recordMarch 28, 2017
If China does not do it, then we have no real pressure point on the North Koreans.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey highlights the lack of leverage over North Korea without Chinese action.

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