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Dennis Kucinich: “Most of the state and local laws that are endangered by NAFTA and WTO are local economic development and public safety…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 1999
Most of the state and local laws that are endangered by NAFTA and WTO are local economic development and public safety laws and have nothing to do with the commerce clause of the Constitution.
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Dennis Kucinich
Independent · Ohio
Source
congress.gov
Sep 9, 1999

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Clarification on the nature of state and local laws affected by trade agreements.

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