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Robert E. Lighthizer: “China clearly is not a market economy. They should not be treated as such under our laws or any other country's laws.”

On the recordJune 20, 2017
China clearly is not a market economy. They should not be treated as such under our laws or any other country's laws.
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Robert E. Lighthizer

Editor's note · Context

Lighthizer asserts that China does not qualify as a market economy and should not be treated as one.

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