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Rob Portman: What the Europeans do, as Senator Isakson said well, is they do these agreements, including one with Canada recently…

On the recordJuly 28, 2014
What the Europeans do, as Senator Isakson said well, is they do these agreements, including one with Canada recently, where they impose their view on these GIs, which we have been fighting for years, as you know.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Portman discusses frustrations with European geographical indicators affecting U.S. products.

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