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Robert E. Lighthizer: “I don't think it's fair to say that anything that hurts our economy is national security.”

On the recordJuly 25, 2018
I don't think it's fair to say that anything that hurts our economy is national security.
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Robert E. Lighthizer

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Lighthizer clarifies the limits of national security claims regarding economic issues.

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