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Marcy Kaptur: If we used Japan as a model of where we've not been able to gain access, what makes us think that our structures are…

On the recordDecember 12, 2011
If we used Japan as a model of where we've not been able to gain access, what makes us think that our structures are effective relative to what will happen with China, or Korea?
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Kaptur questions the effectiveness of U.S. trade structures for accessing Asian markets.

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