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Chris Smith: If human rights issues are not explicitly linked to our economic and security interests, we risk having discussions on…

On the recordJune 16, 2015
If human rights issues are not explicitly linked to our economic and security interests, we risk having discussions on trade and defense moving forward while human rights conditions go in the opposite direction, backwards.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Warns against separating human rights from trade and security discussions.

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