This isn't a trade agreement. If it was a trade agreement, we would have an up-or-down vote.
Deborah Koff Ross: “This isn't a trade agreement. If it was a trade agreement, we would have an up-or-down vote.”
On the recordFebruary 15, 2017
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Ross expresses concern about the process not being a formal trade agreement.
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