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On the recordMarch 16, 2011
It is absolutely outrageous that the Chinese have said again and again that they would not engage in these practices indigenous innovation and these others that are just blatant, you know, protectionism.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden criticizes China's protectionist practices despite their promises to avoid them.

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