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Ben Cardin: “Can you give us any assurances that this 123 agreement will not end up costing us our domestic jobs in this area because…”

On the recordMay 11, 2015
Can you give us any assurances that this 123 agreement will not end up costing us our domestic jobs in this area because we may instead be inadvertently accelerating the Chinese ability to compete internationally using American technology?
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cardin questions the impact of the 123 agreement on American jobs due to Chinese competition.

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