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Pat Ryan: “We need to reauthorize the generalized system of preferences, which expired last year.”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2015
We need to reauthorize the generalized system of preferences, which expired last year.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Calls for renewal of trade preference programs.

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