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Chris Smith: “TPP will not pass, in my view, this Congress absent significant metric improvement on human rights.”

On the recordJune 4, 2013
TPP will not pass, in my view, this Congress absent significant metric improvement on human rights.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith emphasizes the importance of human rights for the TPP's success.

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