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Thom Tillis: “We can talk about trade opportunities, we can talk about a number of other things, but if we do not start lifting this…”

On the recordMay 25, 2016
We can talk about trade opportunities, we can talk about a number of other things, but if we do not start lifting this regulatory burden and the additional barriers that we have, trade expansion will be a moot point because our farmers will not be able to produce protein and export it.
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Thom Tillis
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Tillis emphasizes the need to reduce regulatory burdens for farmers to enable trade expansion.

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