I have been in Congress 32 years and when the trading relationship with China was emerging in the 1980s... we had an opportunity... to seriously put fundamental human rights, the broad spectrum of human rights, including and especially labor rights, at the core of that relationship.
Smith reflects on missed opportunities to prioritize human rights in U.S.-China trade relations.
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