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On the recordMay 20, 2009
I don't think you can ever have free trade with a country that is a dictatorship, because a dictatorship dictates costs, it dictates wage levels and no unions and dictates pollution at will, it dictates bribery.
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Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio

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Jim Jordan argues against free trade with China due to its dictatorial practices.

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