If China somehow dominated wrongfully and tried to interdict in this area, those tankers would have to change their course, thus increasing the cost of gasoline in Japan by at least 1/10 of 1 cent per gallon.
Cicilline downplays the threat to international trade from potential Chinese control.
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We could say that we support a mission that this war doesn't spread to NATO.
The Goldman Act empowered the State Department to seek the return of American children, yet, the department, in my opinion, has not used the full of range of tools as Congress has intended.
The problem is we haven't committed to a mission. I have asked Secretary Blinken to define what he thinks the mission is.
Secretly, I was always hoping I would be surprised it would move really quickly, but as a practical matter, I knew that was not the case.
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