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Charles Rangel: Why can't we do more of it? Why can't we get their attention? Why can't we cause a fight and not threaten a trade war…

On the recordOctober 24, 2011
Why can't we do more of it? Why can't we get their attention? Why can't we cause a fight and not threaten a trade war, but threaten to bring honesty, sincerity, and equality to the World Trade Organization, where a lot of us voted to allow them to get in because they promised to do these things.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Rangel questions the effectiveness of current trade strategies with China.

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