04/16/2012
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"Taiwan is a key trading partner with whom we have a strategic relationship that is intimately intertwined with our economic security."
"I would say a part of it is a recognition that flight cancellations, disruptions do impact passengers who are consumers within the industry."
"It also helps reduce our reliance on China, by making it more cost-effective to import from low- and middle-income countries."
"I cannot think of any other dictatorship, specifically one committing crimes against humanity, that we willingly provide duty-free benefits to."