Chris Smith actually said...

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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Warns against separating human rights from trade and security discussions.

06/16/2015

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