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Ron Wyden: “I think I mentioned to you, Ms. Karpel, we had a sting operation when I was chairman of the Trade Subcommittee, and we…”

On the recordJune 11, 2018
I think I mentioned to you, Ms. Karpel, we had a sting operation when I was chairman of the Trade Subcommittee, and we invited people to cheat, and all over the world we were being flooded with trade cheats.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Recalls a sting operation highlighting the prevalence of trade cheating.

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